Arecaceae
Mauritia

Mauritia flexuosa L.f.

First published in Suppl. Pl.: 454 (1782)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Lorenzi, H., Noblick, L.R., Kahn, F. & Ferreira, E. (2010). Brazilian Flora Arecaceae (Palms): 1-268. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora LTDA, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • 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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal R. y Galeano G. (eds.). (2013). Cosechar sin destruir - Aprovechamiento sostenible de palmas colombianas. Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá. 244 p.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Palmweb (2021). Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. http://palmweb.org/node/2
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1992 Ely, C.F.; Proctor, P.; Pelham, J.; Baum, B.; Rodriguez-Girones., M. [17] United States K000114493 Yes
Jul 8, 1981 Heringer, E.P.; Figueiras, T.S.; Mendonca, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Heringer Salles, A.F.; Chagas E Silva, F. [401] Brazil K000526879 Yes
Apr 8, 1980 Heringer, E.P.; Figueiras, T.S.; Mendonca, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Heringer Salles, A.F.; Chagas E Silva, F. [3153] Brazil K000526878 Yes
Sep 3, 1978 Lister; Colchester, M.E.M. [428] Venezuela K000522270 Yes
Lewis, G.P., et al [s.n.] Brazil K:SPC-29047.491 No
Ridley [868] Guyana K000526897 No
Lewis, G.P. [s.n.] K000526924 Yes
Glaziou, A. [22272] Brazil K000526867 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [6449] Brazil K000526873 Yes
Harrison, S.G.; Persaud, R. [1181] Guyana K000526877 Yes
Llewelyn Williams [12665] Venezuela K000526875 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Broadway, W.E.; Hazen, T.E. [270] Trinidad and Tobago K000526869 Yes
Foster, R.B. [9729] Peru K000526891 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1181] Guyana K000526888 Yes
Jenman [7517] Guyana K000526868 No
Lister [428] Venezuela K000526892 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Sipman, H.J.M.; James, V. [3151] Guyana K000526882 Yes
Foster, R.B. [9728] Peru K000526890 Yes
Ceron, C.; Coello, F. [3282] Ecuador K000526889 Yes
Ceron, C.; Coello, F. [3282] Ecuador K000526887 Yes
Gleason, H.A. [797] Guyana K000526876 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [88409] Venezuela K000526883 Yes
Glaziou, A. [22272] Brazil K000527466 Yes
Richardson, W. D. [557] Trinidad and Tobago K000526870 Yes
Parker [s.n.] Guyana K000526874 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Nic Lughanda, E.M.; Gopaul, D. [1862] Guyana K000526881 Yes
Hohenkerk, L.S. [868] Guyana K000526871 Yes
Balick, M.J.; Prance, G.T.; Silva, A.S.; Ber, C.C.; Henderson, A.J.; Nelson, B.W.; Bahia, R.P.; dos Santos, M.R. [921] Brazil K000526884 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [7765] Brazil K000526866 Yes
Mauritius K:SPC-66519.000 No
Poiteau [s.n.] Guyana K000526872 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Prance, G.T.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [55422] Suriname K000526880 Yes
Lewis, G.P. Brazil K:SPC-29047.960 No

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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    • 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/
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  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
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