Prestoea acuminata

Prestoea acuminata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Euterpeae
Genus: Prestoea
Species: Prestoea acuminata
Varietates: P. a. var. acuminata – P. a. var. dasystachys – P. a. var. montana

Name

Prestoea acuminata (Willd.) H.E.Moore, 1963

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Oreodoxa acuminata Willd., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 1804: 35 (1807).
• Homotypic
  • Euterpe acuminata (Willd.) H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 244 (1878).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panam, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Moore, H.E. 1963. Gentes Herbarum 9: 286.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Prestoea acuminata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Prestoea acuminata. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 07 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Prestoea acuminata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 07.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Prestoea acuminata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Dec. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Prestoea acuminata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Sierran palm

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