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Taxon:
Astrocaryum tucuma
Mart.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Astrocaryum
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Cocoseae
Subtribe:
Bactridinae
Nomen number:
5940
Place of publication:
Hist. nat. palm. 2:77, t. 65, fig. 2. 1824
Verified:
06/17/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Astrocaryum aureum
Griseb. & H. Wendl.
Astrocaryum macrocarpum
Huber
Astrocaryum princeps
Barb. Rodr.
Invalid Designation(s)
Astrocaryum aculeatum
auct.
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Reference(s)
Barrie, F. R.
2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1213.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
proposal not recommended, should take up this name
Bernal, R.
2008. (1837) Proposal to conserve the name
Astrocaryum aculeatum
(
Palmae
) with a conserved type. Taxon 57:997-998.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Brummitt, R. K.
2011. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 62. Taxon 60:227.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
proposal not recommended, should take up this name
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Henderson, A.
1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Note:
=
Astrocaryum aculeatum
G. Mey.
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds.
1932-. Flora of Suriname.
Note:
=
Astrocaryum aculeatum
G. Mey.
Common names
English
tucum palm –
Reference(s)
French
tucum –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
tucumã –
Reference(s)
Spanish
tucuma –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Bolivia)
chonta –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Acre
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Mato Grosso
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Pará
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Rondônia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
El Beni
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
Pando
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Amazonas
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Native
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Trinidad and Tobago
[Trinidad]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
[Amazonas]
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
[El Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz],
Colombia
[Amazonas]
Cultivated
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
as
A. aculeatum
Henderson, A.
1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Human food
oil/fat
as
A. aculeatum
Henderson, A.
1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Materials
lipids
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Name
References