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Table 2. Phancrophytes of the varzea of Arapari Island, Para, arranged according 

 to the life-form classes of Raunkiaer 



Presence at 6 stations 



Species I II III IV V VI 



MEGAPHANEROPHYTES : taller than 30 m. 



Emergent 



Sumauma — Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn x 



Meriti — Mauritia flexuosa L.f - 



Not emergent 



Seringueira — Hevea brasiliensis (HBK.) Muell. Arg. x 



Andiroba — Carapa guianensis Aubl x 



Iperana — Criidia bracteata Benth x 



Tanimbuca — Terminalia guyaiiensis Eichl x 



Jatoba — Hymenaea courbaril var. subsessilis Ducke . . x 



Patacheiro — Dimorphandra sp.? x 



Ucuuba — Virola surinamensis Warb x 



Tapereba — Spondias mombim L - 



Cabega de macaco — Pouteria aff. paraensis (Standi.) 



Baehni - 



Paracuuba — Mora paraensis Ducke - 



Guajara — Chrysophyllum sp.? - 



Matamata giboia — Eschweilera snbglandnlosa (Steud.) 



Miers x 



Matamata commun — Eschweilera odora (Poepp.) 



Miers x 



Faveiro — Vantanea guianensis Aubl x 



Rim de paca — Crudia oblonga Benth 



Tacacazeiro — Sterculia elata Ducke - 



Apui — Ficiis sp.? - 



Tatapiririca — Tapirira guianensis Aubl x 



Parapara — Jacaranda copaiu (Aubl.) D. Don x 



Jutairana — Cynometra bauhiniaefolia Benth x 



Agacu — Hura crepitans L x 



Envira pe d'anta — Sterculia priiriens (Aubl.) K. Sch. 



Comida de pombo — Citharexylon poeppigi Walp x 



Caju acu — Anacardium gigantetim Engl - 



Caxinguba — Ficiis radula Willd 



Cedra — Cedrela odorata L - 



Buiugu — Ormosia coutinhoi Ducke x 



Macaranduba — Manilkara huberi (Ducke) Standley x 



Pitaica — Swartzia acuminata Willd x 



