Mauritia flexuosa

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, 2nd 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

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