Astrocaryum

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Name (Latin)
Astrocaryum
Other forms of name
Avoira
Hexopetion
Toxophoenix
See Also From tracing topical name
Palms
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q2716557
Library of congress: sh2014002065
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: Kahn, Francis. Las palmeras Huicungo, 2013:p. 11 (the genus Astrocaryum; covers 40 species; distributed in Central American and South America)
  • Web. 3(Astrocaryum; a genus of very spiny pinnate-leaved American palms)
  • GRIN taxonomy, Aug. 13, 2014(genus: Astrocaryum G. Mey.; family: Arecaceae; subfamily: Arecoideae; tribe: Cocoseae; subtribe: Bactridinae; synonyms: Avoira, Hexopetion, Toxophoenix)
  • Kew world checklist of selected plant families, Aug. 13, 2014(Astrocaryum G. Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 265 (1818); distribution: Mexico to trop. America; family: Arecaceae)
  • Wikipedia, Aug. 13, 2014(Astrocaryum; a genus of about 36 to 40 species of palms native to Central and South America and Trinidad; type species, Astrocaryum aculeatum, was first described by Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer in 1818 based on a specimen from the Essequibo River in Guyana)
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Wikipedia description:

Astrocaryum is a genus of about 36 to 40 species of palms native to Central and South America and Trinidad.

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