Arecaceae
Leopoldinia

Leopoldinia pulchra Mart.

First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 59 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Colombia to N. Brazil. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used for food.

Descriptions

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
palmalito, palmarito, palmiche, palmito, yará
[UNAL]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Distribution
From 6°48'N-7°58'S and 54°04'-68°03'W in the central Amazon region of Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia (Guainía, Vichada), and Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure) at (35-)112(-200) m elevation along the margins of black water rivers, the bases of the stems often underwater at highest water.
General Description
Plants (2.0-)4.0(-7.0) m tall; stems (2.0-)3.8(-7.0) m tall, (4.0-)7.2(-10.0) cm diameter, solitary or clustered. Leaves (5-)13(-25) per stem; sheaths (20.0-)27.0(-37.0) cm long, fibers from apices short, joined into a solid, woody tip; petioles (31.0-)46.2(-63.0) cm long; rachises (48.5-)85.1(-150.0) cm long, (4.9-)7.8(-12.6) mm diameter; pinnae (14-)22(-40) per side of rachis, spreading horizontally, the bases narrowed with abaxial, distal and proximal swellings adjacent to rachis, midveins prominent and raised in cross-section adaxially; basal pinna (23.5-)35.6(-67.0) cm long, (0.1-)0.5(-1.5) cm wide, forming an angle of (66-)102(-130)° with the rachis; apical pinna (9.6-)17.3(-28.5) cm long, (0.2-)1.2(-4.0) cm wide, forming an angle of (1-)8(-24)° with the rachis. Inflorescences monomorphic; prophylls (21.0-)32.0(-40.0) cm long; peduncular bracts (15.0-)25.0(-35.0) cm long, inserted (3.5-)6.1(-8.8) cm above the prophyll; peduncles (21.0-)28.5(-35.0) cm long, (7.6-)13.9(-18.5) mm diameter; staminate rachillae (0.9-)1.7(-2.7) cm long; pistillate rachillae (2.5-)4.6(-8.0) cm long; fruits (20.4-)28.4(-40.6) mm long, (18.1-)26.4(-36.2) mm diameter, flattened, globose to obovoid in side view, the surfaces with raised, reticulate ridges from mesocarp fibers, giving a wrinkled appearance.
[PW]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 50 - 200 m.; Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, palma cespitosa
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Guiana Shield. Elevation range: 50–200 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Guainía, Vichada.
Habit
Shrub, Caespitose palm.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Palmarito
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
[UPFC]

Sources

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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