Acrocomia aculeata

Acrocomia aculeata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arecales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Cocoseae
Subtribus: Bactridinae
Genus: Acrocomia
Species: Acrocomia aculeata

Name

Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart., 1845

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cocos aculeata Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 278 (1763).
• Homotypic
  • Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 66 (1824), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Palma spinosa Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 3 (1768).
  • Palma mocaia Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 976 (1775).
  • Bactris globosa Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 22 (1788).
  • Bactris minor Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 9 (1788), nom. illeg.
  • Cocos fusiformis Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 616 (1797).
  • Acrocomia fusiformis (Sw.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 432 (1826).
  • Acrocomia sphaerocarpa Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 30 (1829).
  • Acrocomia guianensis Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 382 (1830).
  • Acrocomia minor Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 382 (1830).
  • Acrocomia lasiospatha Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 81 (1844).
  • Bactris pavoniana Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 70 (1844).
  • Acrocomia globosa (Gaertn.) Lodd. ex Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 286 (1845).
  • Acrocomia horrida Lodd. ex Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 286 (1845).
  • Acrocomia mexicana Karw. ex Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 285 (1845).
  • Acrocomia tenuifrons Lodd. ex Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 286 (1845).
  • Acrocomia cubensis Lodd. ex H.Wendl., Index Palm.: 1 (1854).
  • Acrocomia vinifera Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 47 (1859).
  • Acrocomia antioquiensis Posada-Ar., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 25: 184 (1878).
  • Acrocomia zapotecis Karw. ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 230 (1878).
  • Astrocaryum sclerocarpum H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 232 (1878).
  • Acrocomia glaucophylla Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 392 (1881).
  • Acrocomia sclerocarpa var. wallaceana Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 391 (1881).
  • Acrocomia microcarpa Barb.Rodr., Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 107 (1891).
  • Acrocomia mokayayba Barb.Rodr., Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 5: 11 (1896).
  • Acrocomia odorata Barb.Rodr., Palm. Mattogross. Nov.: 48 (1898).
  • Acrocomia erioacantha Barb.Rodr., Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 85 (1902).
  • Acrocomia wallaceana (Drude) Becc., Pomona Coll. J. Econ. Bot. 2: 362 (1912).
  • Acrocomia ulei Dammer, Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 266 (1915).
  • Acrocomia pilosa León, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. Felipe Poey 14: 52 (1940).
  • Acrocomia belizensis L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 4: 445 (1941).
  • Acrocomia chunta Covas & Ragonese, Revista Argent. Agron. 8: 2 (1941).
  • Acrocomia hospes L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 4: 449 (1941).
  • Acrocomia ierensis L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 4: 473 (1941).
  • Acrocomia karukerana L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 4: 466 (1941).
  • Acrocomia panamensis L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 4: 444 (1941).
  • Acrocomia quisqueyana L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 4: 471 (1941).
  • Acrocomia subinermis León ex L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 4: 474 (1941).
  • Acrocomia antiguana L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 8: 142 (1949).
  • Acrocomia christopherensis L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 8: 140 (1949).
  • Acrocomia grenadana L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 8: 144 (1949).
  • Acrocomia viegasii L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 8: 139 (1949).
  • Acrocomia spinosa (Mill.) H.E.Moore, Gentes Herbarum 9: 238 (1963).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Belize; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Nicaragua; Panam; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is. Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Loddiges, C., 1845. Historia Naturalis Palmarum 3:286.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Acrocomia aculeata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acrocomia aculeata. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 03 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Acrocomia aculeata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 03.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Acrocomia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Dec. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acrocomia aculeata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Acrocomia
español: Corozo grande
Nederlands: Coyolpalm
português: macaúba, coco-de-catarro, coco-baboso, coco-de-espinho, coco-macaúba, macajuba, macaibeira, macajá, macaíba, mucajá, mocajá, bocaiuva

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