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Aiphanes is a genus of palms in the family , native to tropical regions of South and Central America and also the Caribbean.2]There are between 23-38 species in the genus, depending on taxonomic interpretation. Common names include ruffle palm and macaw palm. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 3-12 m tall, noted for their very spiny leaves.
- Aiphanes acaulis Galeano & R.Bernal
- Aiphanes bicornis Cerón & R.Bernal
- Aiphanes chiribogensis Borchs. & Balslev
- Aiphanes deltoidea Burret
- Aiphanes duquei Burret
- Aiphanes eggersii Burret
- Aiphanes erinacea (H.Karst.) H.Wendl.
- Aiphanes gelatinosa H.E.Moore
- Aiphanes graminifolia Galeano & R.Bernal
- Aiphanes grandis Borchs. & Balslev
- Aiphanes hirsuta Burret
- Aiphanes horrida (Jacq.) Burret
- Aiphanes leiostachys Burret
- Aiphanes lindeniana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl.
- Aiphanes linearis Burret
- Aiphanes macroloba Burret
- Aiphanes minima (Gaertn.) Burret
- Aiphanes parvifolia Burret
- Aiphanes pilaris R.Bernal
- Aiphanes simplex Burret
- Aiphanes spicata Brochs. & R.Bernal
- Aiphanes stergiosii S.M.Niño, Dorr & F.W.Stauffer
- Aiphanes tricuspidata Borchs., M.Ruíz & Bernal
- Aiphanes ulei (Dammer) Burret
- Aiphanes verrucosa Borchs. & Balslev
- Aiphanes weberbaueri Burret
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Liliopsida Scopoli, 1760 - Monocotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Genus Aiphanes is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 58 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Aiphanes: A. acanthophylla · A. acaulis · A. aculeata (Ruffle Palm) · A. bicornis · A. caryotaefolia · A. caryotifolia (Coyure Palm) · A. caryotoides · A. chiribogensis · A. chocoensis · A. concinna · A. corallina (Coyor) · A. deltoidea · A. disticha · A. duquei · A. echinocarpa · A. eggersii · A. elegans · A. erinacea · A. erosa · A. fosteriorum · A. fuscopubens · A. gelatinosa · A. gracilis · A. graminifolia · A. grandis · A. hirsuta · A. hirsuta subsp. fosteriorum · A. hirsuta subsp. intermedia · A. hirsuta subsp. kalbreyeri · A. horrida · A. hursuta · A. kalbreyeri · A. killipii · A. leiospatha · A. leiostachys · A. lindeniana · A. linearis · A. luciana · A. macroloba · A. minima (Guinea Bactris) · A. monostachys · A. orinocensis · A. pachyclada · A. parvifolia · A. pilaris · A. praemorsa · A. praga · A. schultzeana · A. simplex · A. spicata · A. stergiosii · A. tessmannii · A. tricuspidata · A. truncata · A. ulei · A. verrucosa · A. vincentiana · A. weberbaueri
References
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- ^ Wildenow, Memoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences Berlin 1804:32. 1807. Type:A. aculeata
- ^ Borchsenius, Finn; Rodrigo Bernal (December 1996). "Aiphanes (Palmae)". Flora Neotropica 70.
- ^ Govaerts, R.; J. Henderson; S.F. Zona; D.R. Hodel; A. Henderson (2006). "World Checklist of Arecaceae". The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/home.do. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
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