Euterpe catinga

Euterpe catinga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Euterpe
Species: E. catinga
Binomial name
Euterpe catinga
Wallace
Synonyms[1]
  • Euterpe mollissima Barb.Rodr.
  • Euterpe catinga var. aurantiaca Drude
  • Euterpe caatinga Spruce
  • Euterpe mollissima Spruce
  • Euterpe controversa Barb.Rodr.
  • Euterpe aurantiaca H.E.Moore
  • Euterpe concinna Burret
  • Euterpe roraimae Dammer
  • Euterpe montis-duida Burret
  • Euterpe ptariana Steyerm.
  • Euterpe erubescens H.E.Moore

Euterpe catinga is a palm species in the genus Euterpe. It is found in forests of a dry, sandy soil and very peculiar vegetation, known as catinga forests in northern South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil).[1][2][3][4][5]

Two varieties are recognized:[1]

  1. Euterpe catinga var. catinga - Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil
  2. Euterpe catinga var. roraimae (Dammer) A.J.Hend. & Galeano - Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑  "Assai". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  3. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  5. ↑ Lorenzi, H., Noblick, L.R., Kahn, F. & Ferreira, E. (2010). Brazilian Flora Arecaceae (Palms): 1-268. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora LTDA, São Paulo, Brazil.
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