Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Acquiere, Awarra, Awarra Palm, Fiber Palm, Tucum, Tucum Palm, Tucuma Palm
Common Names in French:
Aouara, Aoura, Palmier Tucuman
Common Names in Portuguese:
Cumari, Tucum Bravo, Tucumã (Brazil), Tucumai, Tucumã, Tucumã Do Pará
Common Names in Spanish:
Cumare, Tucuma
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -9 meters (-30 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Order:
Arecales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Astrocaryum
()
- Specific epithet:
vulgare
- Mart.
- Botanical name: - Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.
- Specific epithet:
vulgare
- Mart.
- Genus:
Astrocaryum
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Arecales
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Notes
Publishing author : Mart. Publication : Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 74. t. 62, 63.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Astrocaryum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 81 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. acaule · A. aculeatissimum · A. aculeatum (Tucum Palm) · A. alatum (Coquillo Palm) · A. arenarium · A. argenteum · A. aureum (Star-Nut Palm) · A. awarra · A. ayri · A. borsigianum · A. burity · A. campestre · A. candescens · A. carnosum · A. caudescens · A. chambira · A. chichon · A. chonta · A. ciliatum · A. cohune · A. confertum · A. crispum · A. cuatrecasanum · A. echinatum · A. faranae · A. farinosum · A. ferrugineum · A. filare · A. flexuosum · A. giganteum · A. gratum · A. guianense · A. gymnopus · A. gynacanthum · A. horridum · A. huaimi · A. huebneri · A. huicungo · A. humile · A. iriartoides · A. jauari · A. javarense · A. kewense · A. kewensis · A. macrocalyx · A. macrocarpum · A. malybo · A. manaoense · A. mexicana · A. mexicanum (Chocho Palm) · A. mexicanumn · A. minus · A. munbaca · A. murumura · A. murumuru (Murumuru Palm) · A. panamense · A. paramaca · A. perangustatum · A. plicatum · A. polystachyum · A. princeps · A. pumilum · A. pygmaeum · A. rodriguesii · A. rostratum · A. sciophilum · A. sclerophyllum · A. scopatum · A. segregatum · A. sociale · A. standleyanum (Panama Star-Nut Palm) · A. tenuifolium · A. trachycarpum · A. triandrum · A. tucuma · A. tucumoides · A. ulei · A. urostachys · A. vulgare (Awarra Palm) · A. weddellii · A. yauaperyense
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Further Reading
- A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro: with an account of the native tribes, and observations of the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon Valley / by Alfred Russel Wallace; with a biographical introduction by the editor. London; Ward, Lock, 1889. ENG url p. 338, p. 355.
- A study of some characteristics of vegetable oils, by James B. McNair. Chicago, 1930. ENG url p. 49, p. 57, p. 58, p. 62.
- Annales botanices systematicae. Auctore Guilielmo Gerardo Walpers. Lipsiae, Sumtibus F. Hofmeister, 1848-68. LAT url p. 822.
- Annales de la science agronomique franaise et trangre. Paris: Berger-Levrault1884-1930. FRE url p. 99.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 295, p. 527.
- Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 223, p. 318, p. 432, p. 8.
- Bulletin de la Fdration des socits d'horticulture de Belgique. Bruxelles [etc.]1861-1888. FRE url p. 70.
- Der Tropenpflanzer; zeitschrift fr tropische landwirtschaft. Berlin. GER url p. 136.
- Die Rohstoffe des Pflanzenreichs: versuch einer Technischen Rohstofflehre des Pflanzenreiches / Unter Mitwirkung von Max Bemberger, von Julius von Wiesner. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1914. GER url p. 625, p. 626, p. 631, p. 658, p. 659, p. 69, p. 746, p. 954.
- Die fossilen Hlzer Westindiens, von J. Felix. Cassel, Verlag von T. Fischer, 1883. GER url p. 22.
- Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe, ou Descriptions et figures des plantes les plus rares et les plus meritantes / rdige par M. Ch. Lemaire, M. Schweidweller, M. L. van Houtte. Gand: Louis van Houtte, 1845-1880. FRE url p. 217.
- International review of the science and practice of agriculture. Rome: International Institute of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Intelligence and Plant Diseases, 1916-1926. ENG url p. 1116.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. ENG url p. 49.
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 1365, p. 1713, p. 38, p. 440, p. 884, p. 93.
- List of duplicate plants in the Government Botanic Gardens, November 1874. Port-of-Spain: G.P.O., 1874. ENG url p. 12.
- Notas a Luccok sobre a flora e fauna do Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Laemmert, 1882. POR url p. 160.
- Plants in the Royal Botanical Gardens. [Trinidad: Scientific Association of Trinidad, 1869] ENG url p. 354.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World 2004.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 17, 2008:
- Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5825202
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-17587
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 664361-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1045992
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 32.270 based on 7 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
