Although the Copaifera genus has been extensively studied taxonomically, there are still difficulties in identifying some species, mainly due to their intricate floral morphology and absence of reproductive structures in the samples studied. With regard to the Amazonian species, the scarcity of field information and illustrations of specimens comprise the main limitations for botanical descriptions of the group. These taxonomic problems have restricted the advance of chemical and pharmacological research, limited the industrial and rational uses of resin oils and wood, and have also hampered the development of projects, plans for sustainable management, and conservation of commercially targeted species .