Roystonea oleracea

Roystonea oleracea

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

• Cook, O.F., 1901. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. New York 28:554. 1901

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Roystonea oleracea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Roystonea oleracea. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 10 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Roystonea oleracea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 10.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Roystonea oleracea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Roystonea oleracea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

español: Chaguaramo

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