Mauritia flexuosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Calamoideae
Tribus: Lepidocaryeae
Subtribus: Mauritiinae
Genus: Mauritia
Species: Mauritia flexuosa

Name

Mauritia flexuosa L.f., 1782

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Mauritia vinifera Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 42 (1824).
- Mauritia sagus Schult. & Schult.f., Syst. Veg. 7: 1321 (1830), provisionally listed as a synonym.
- Mauritia setigera Griseb. & H.Wendl. in A.H.R.Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. I.: 515 (1864).
- Saguerus americanus H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 256 (1878).
- Mauritia sphaerocarpa Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 569 (1929).
- Mauritia minor Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1 (1930).
- Mauritia flexuosa var. venezuelana Steyerm., Fieldiana, Bot. 28(1): 90 (1951).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Linnaeus, C. (filius) , 1872. Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae, Generum Plantarum Editiones Sextae, et Specierum Plantarum Editionis Secundae. Editum a Carolo a Linné. Brunsvigae [Braunschweig] 454. 1782 ("1781")

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Mauritia flexuosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mauritia flexuosa. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 13 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Mauritia flexuosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 13.
Tropicos.org 2018. Mauritia flexuosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Dec. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mauritia flexuosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Buriti-Palme
English: Moriche Palm
español: Aguaje
suomi: Maurinpalmu
français: Aguaje
magyar: Buritipálma, kis móricpálma
Nederlands: Morichepalm
português: buriti, coqueiro-buriti, buritizeiro, miriti, muriti, muritim, muruti, palmeira-dos-brejos, carandá-guaçu, carandaí-guaçu