Astrocaryum
Sign in to savethumb|Astrocaryum sciophilum (MHNT)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala
Observations recorded44,149
Common Name: semente puca (Portuguese)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 292
- With media
- 102
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, IBUNAM, US, NY, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Brasil
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thumb|Astrocaryum sciophilum (MHNT)
Astrocaryum is a genus of about 36 to 40 species of palms native to Central and South America and Trinidad.
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