Arecaceae

Attalea Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 309 (1816)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Henderson, A. (2020). A revision of Attalea (Arecaceae, Arecoideae, Cocoseae, Attaleinae). Phytotaxa 444: 1-76.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1987 de Nevers, G. [7197] Panama K000462942 Isotype Yes
New Collector [s.n.] Brazil K001083922 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [s.n.] Unknown K001098835 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [s.n.] Unknown K001098833 Yes
Sudgen, A. [624] Panama K001287178 No
Thurn [27] Guyana K000520350 No
Balslev, H. [4268] Ecuador K001098854 No
Unknown [52488] Colombia K001098838 No
Sutton Hayes Esq. [s.n.] Guatemala K001083927 No
Unknown [2886/20] Colombia K001083925 No
Spruce [s.n.] Brazil K001083929 Yes
Unknown [s.n.] K001098867 No
Unknown [H221-21] Colombia K001083924 No
Glaziou [16480] K000527484 Yes
Glaziou, A. [14365] Brazil K000527483 Yes
King; Forero, L.; Garcia, F. [664] Colombia K001287159 No
New Collector [s.n.] Unknown K001098836 No
Glaziou, A. [20534] Brazil K000527482 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59372] Brazil K001083923 Yes
Torke, B.M.; Valda, J. [BT631] Bolivia K000707368 No
Unknown [117A] Unknown K001098857 No
Unknown [s.n.] Unknown K001098869 No
Sudgen, A. [466] Panama K001287158 No
Unknown [s.n.] Guatemala K001098841 No
Im Thurn [s.n.] Guyana K001083921 No
De Laet, F. [1] Brazil K000527480 Yes
Glaziou, A. [22268] Brazil K000527481 Yes
Aona, L.Y.S.; Biggs, N.; Jardim, J.G.; Lucas, E.; Mazine, F.F.; Victor Jnr, V.V.; Costa, G. [2473] Brazil K000501586 Yes
de Granville, J.J. [11186] French Guiana Scheelea K000520352 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0