Acrocomia

Acrocomia
Acrocomia aculeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Cocoseae
Genus: Acrocomia
Synonyms[1]
  • Gastrococos Morales
  • Acanthococos Barb.Rodr.

Acrocomia is a genus of palms which is native to the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico in the north, through Central America and the Caribbean, and through South America south to Argentina.[1][2]

Description

Acrocomia is a genus of spiny, pinnate-leaved palms which range from large trees to small palms with short, subterranean stems.[3]

The species bears branched inflorescences which are located among the leaves. The unisexual flowers; female flowers are born near the base of the inflorescence, while male flowers are borne towards the tips. Fruit are large, single-seeded, and vary in colour from yellow, to orange, to brown.[3]

Acrocomia aculeata immature fruits.

Species

  1. Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex R.Keith - Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America
  2. Acrocomia crispa (Kunth) C. Baker ex. Becc. - Cuba
  3. Acrocomia emensis (Toledo) Lorenzi - Brazil
  4. Acrocomia glaucescens Lorenzi - Brazil
  5. Acrocomia hassleri (Barb.Rodr.) W.J.Hahn - Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay
  6. Acrocomia intumescens Drude - Brazil
  7. Acrocomia media O.F.Cook - Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
  8. Acrocomia aculeata ssp. totai Mart. - Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil

References

  • Media related to Acrocomia at Wikimedia Commons
  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. 1 2 Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 45–50. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.


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