Attalea butyracea

Attalea butyracea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Cocoseae
Subtribus: Attaleinae
Genus: Attalea
Species: Attalea butyracea

Name

Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess.Boer, 1988

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cocos butyracea Mutis ex L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 454 (1782).
• Homotypic
  • Scheelea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) H.Karst. ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 256 (1878).
• Heterotypic
  • Attalea blepharopus Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 116 (1844).
  • Attalea gomphococca Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 301 (1845).
  • Scheelea excelsa H.Karst., Linnaea 28: 267 (1857).
  • Scheelea macrocarpa H.Karst., Linnaea 28: 268 (1857).
  • Scheelea regia H.Karst., Linnaea 28: 266 (1857).
  • Attalea humboldtiana Spruce, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 163 (1869).
  • Attalea wallisii Huber, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 6: 267 (1906).
  • Scheelea blepharopus (Mart.) Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 541 (1929).
  • Scheelea gomphococca (Mart.) Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 541 (1929).
  • Scheelea humboldtiana (Spruce) Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 541 (1929).
  • Scheelea passargei Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 671 (1929).
  • Scheelea wallisii (Huber) Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 542 (1929).
  • Scheelea dryanderae Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1049 (1934).
  • Attalea macrocarpa (H.Karst.) Wess.Boer, Pittieria 17: 317 (1988).
  • Attalea pycnocarpa Wess.Boer, Pittieria 17: 299 (1988).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Wessels Boer, J. G., 1988. Pittiera 17:312.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Attalea butyracea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Attalea butyracea. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 30 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Attalea butyracea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 30.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Attalea butyracea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

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