Arecaceae

Copernicia Mart. ex Endl.

First published in Gen. Pl.: 253 (1837)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Caribbean, S. Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Paraguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago

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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dahlgren & Glassman in Gentes Herbarum 9:1–232(1963)
  • Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 242 (1838)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 10, 1984 Wright, C. [3216] Cuba K000209144 No
Jan 10, 1984 Wright, C. [3216] Cuba K000209143 No
Jan 1, 1908 Combs, R. [335] Cuba K000462347 Yes
Zona, S. [P205A] K:SPC-77815.000 No
Britton, H.L.; Britton, E.G.; Cowell, J.F. [s.n.] Cuba K000209141 No
Wright, C. [3969] Cuba K000209137 Type Yes
Wright, C. [3969] Cuba K000209133 Type Yes
Britton, H.L.; Britton, E.G.; Cowell, J.F. [s.n.] Cuba K000209142 No
Wright, C. [3969] Cuba K000209134 Type Yes
Wright, C. [3969] Cuba K000209136 Type Yes
Meyer, T. [9857] Argentina K000209149 No
Wright, C. [3969] Cuba K000462348 Type Yes
Wright, C. [3969] Cuba K000209135 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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