Euterpe

Euterpe oleracea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Euterpeae
Genus: Euterpe
Species: E. broadwayi – E. catinga – E. edulis – E. longibracteata – E. luminosa – E. oleracea – E. precatoria

Name

Euterpe Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 28 (1823), nom. cons. non J. Gaertner (1788)

• Type species: Euterpe oleracea Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 29 (1824)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Catis O.F.Cook, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 557 (1901)
  • Plectis O.F.Cook, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 352 (1904)
  • Rooseveltia O.F.Cook, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 98: 21 (1939)

Homonyms

• Euterpe Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 24. (1788)

References

• Martius, C.F.P. von (1823) Historia Naturalis Palmarum 2(1): 28. BHL
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Euterpe in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Oct. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Euterpe. Published online. Accessed: Oct 13 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Euterpe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Oct. 2015.

Vernacular names

suomi: Assaipalmut

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