Roystonea oleracea

Roystonea oleracea

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: Arecoideae
Tribus: Roystoneae
Genus: Roystonea
Species: Roystonea oleracea

Name

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Roystonea oleracea (Jacq.) O.F.Cook, 1901

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Areca oleracea Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 278 (1763).
  • Homotypic
    • Oreodoxa oleracea (Jacq.) Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 166 (1838).
    • Kentia oleracea (Jacq.) Seem. ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 248 (1878).
    • Gorgasia oleracea (Jacq.) O.F.Cook, Natl. Hort. Mag. 18: 114 (1939), not validly publ.
  • Heterotypic
    • Euterpe caribaea Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 140 (1825).
    • Oreodoxa caribaea (Spreng.) Dammer & Urb. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 129 (1903).
    • Roystonea caribaea (Spreng.) P.Wilson, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 385 (1917).
    • Oreodoxa regia var. jenmanii Waby, J. Board Agric. Brit. Guiana 12: 51 (1919).
    • Roystonea oleracea var. excelsior L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 3: 369 (1935), nom. illeg.
    • Roystonea venezuelana L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 8: 124 (1949).
    • Roystonea oleracea var. jenmanii (Waby) Zona, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 71: 24 (1996).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
 
Roystonea oleracea
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Colombia; Guyana; Leeward Is.; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is.

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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español: Chaguaramo
 
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