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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology: A lowland rainforest palm, which occurs on alluvial plains or gentle slopes .[1].
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Arecidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Arecanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Arecales
()
- Bromhead, 1840
- Family:
Palmae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Arecoideae
()
- Tribe:
Cocoseae
()
- Subtribe:
Bactridinae
()
- Genus:
Astrocaryum
()
- G.F.W. Meyer, 1818, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
triandrum
- Galeano, Bernal & Kahn
- Botanical name: - Astrocaryum triandrum Galeano, Bernal & Kahn
- Specific epithet:
triandrum
- Galeano, Bernal & Kahn
- Genus:
Astrocaryum
(
- Subtribe:
Bactridinae
(
- Tribe:
Cocoseae
(
- Subfamily:
Arecoideae
(
- Family:
Palmae
(
- Order:
Arecales
(
- Superorder:
Arecanae
(
- Subclass:
Arecidae
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Astrocaryum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. aculeatum (Tucum Palm) · A. alatum (Coquillo) · A. aureum (Star-Nut Palm) · A. mexicanum (Chocho Palm) · A. murumuru (Murumuru Palm) · A. standleyanum (Black Palm) · A. vulgare (Tucuma Palm)
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Further Reading
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- Calderon, E. (compiler) 1997. Lista de plantas Colombianas en peligro. July 1997 Version. Instituto de Investigacino de Recursos Biologicas Alexander von Humboldt. (unpublished).
- Johnson, D. et al. 1997. Completed data collection forms for palms.
- Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bernal, R. 1998. Astrocaryum triandrum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7149124
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-17582
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15046246
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:935264-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 272910-2
- IUCN ID: 193188
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1025539
Footnotes
- Bernal, R. 1998. Astrocaryum triandrum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
