Metroxylon amicarum

Taxonavigation

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

Metroxylon amicarum (H.Wendl.) Hook.f., Rep. Progr. Condition Roy. Gard. Kew 1882: 68 (1884).

Basionym
- Sagus amicarum H.Wendl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 115 (1878).
Homotypic
- Coelococcus amicarum (H.Wendl.) W.Wight, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 244 (1905).
Heterotypic
- Coelococcus carolinensis Dingler, Bot. Centralbl. 32: 349 (1887).
- Metroxylon carolinense (Dingler) Becc., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 89: 502 (1913 publ. 1914).
- Metroxylon amicarum var. majus Becc., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 12(2): 188 (1918).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Caroline Is.; Marianas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Metroxylon amicarum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Metroxylon amicarum. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 11 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Metroxylon amicarum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 11.
Tropicos.org 2018. Metroxylon amicarum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Dec. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Metroxylon amicarum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: Caroline ivory nutpalm, Caroline Ivory Nut

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