Euterpe precatoria

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Euterpe precatoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Euterpe
Species: E. precatoria
Binomial name
Euterpe precatoria
Mart.[1]

Euterpe precatoria is a tall, slender-stemmed, pinnate-leaved palm native to Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. Stems are usually solitary (occasionally clustered), 3-20 metres tall and 4-23 centimetres in diameter.[2] Two varieties are recognised: E. precatoria var. precatoria[3] which has tall, solitary stems and is found in Trinidad and throughout most of the South American portion of the range,[2] and E. precatoria var. longivaginata (Mart.) A.J.Hend.[4] which has shorter, solitary or clustered stems, and is found in Colombia and Central America.[2]

Common names include mountain cabbage in Belize, açai in Brazil, asaí and palmiche in Colombia, wassaï in French Guiana, huasi in Peru and manaca in Venezuela.[2] The stems are used for construction, a beverage is made from the fruit, and the roots are used medicinally.[2]


[edit] Synonymy

Synonyms:

E. precatoria var. precatoria
Heterotypic synonyms[5]
  • Euterpe oleracea Engel, nom. illeg.
  • Euterpe mollissima Spruce, nom. illeg.
  • Euterpe jatapuensis Barb.Rodr.
  • Euterpe stenophylla Trail ex Burret
  • Euterpe langloisii Burret
  • Euterpe petiolata Burret
  • Euterpe subruminata Burret
  • Euterpe confertiflora L.H.Bailey
E. precatoria var. longivaginata
Homotypic synonyms[6]
  • Euterpe longivaginata Mart.
Heterotypic synonyms
  • Euterpe macrospadix Oerst.
  • Euterpe karsteniana Engel
  • Euterpe leucospadix H.Wendl. ex Hemsl.
  • Plectis oweniana O.F.Cook
  • Euterpe kalbreyeri Burret
  • Euterpe microcarpa Burret
  • Euterpe panamensis Burret
  • Rooseveltia frankliniana O.F.Cook
  • Euterpe rhodoxyla Dugand

[edit] References

  1. ^ Euterpe precatoria. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
  2. ^ a b c d e Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4. 
  3. ^ Euterpe precatoria var. precatoria. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
  4. ^ Euterpe precatoria var. longivaginata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
  5. ^ Heterotypic synonyms are species names which are based on a different type individual
  6. ^ Homotypic synonyms are species names which are based on the same type individual
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