Mauritia flexuosa

Mauritia flexuosa

Taxonavigation

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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

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Mauritia flexuosa L.f., 1782

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Vernacular names

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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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