Allagoptera caudescens (Mart.) Kuntze

Buri Palm [W]

Allagoptera is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in South America consisting of four similar-looking species. Compared to other genera within the Cocoeae it is described as particularly specialized. The genus name is a Greek combination of "change" and "feather", describing the full leaf; it was formerly named Diplothemium.

The four salt-tolerant palms in this genus produce very short or acaulescent trunks and in cases where the trunk grows erect it often makes a downward turn leaving the crown below the trunk-base. The trunks in Allagoptera are among the few in the palm family which tend to bifurcate, producing multiple heads per unit. The pinnate leaves are gently arching to 2 m and are carried on long, slender petioles which are adaxially channeled. ... ...Read More

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VERNACULAR NAME[3]

GENUS [A]Allagoptera

SUB-FAMILY [N]Arecoideae

TRIBE [N]Cocoseae

SUB-TRIBE [N]Attaleinae

PUBLICATION [A]

Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 726 (1891)

CONSERVATION STATUS [W]

CONSERVATION STATUS [W]

 BIOLOGY [C][3]

 Distribution [C][3]

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

 USES [W]

 SYNONYMS [C]

Ceroxylon niveum auct.
Diplothemium caudescens Mart.
Diplothemium pectinatum Barb.Rodr.
Orania nivea Linden ex W.Watson
Polyandrococos caudescens (Mart.) Barb.Rodr.
Polyandrococos pectinata (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 

 CULTIVATION

Cold Hardiness Zone (USDA) 10a

GROWTH RATE

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

exposure

MAX HEIGHT

 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY & SOURCES

[3] Dransfield, J., Uhl, N.W., Asmussen, C.B., Baker, W.J., Harley. M.M. & Lewis, C.E. (2008). Genera Palmarum; The evolution and classification of Palms: 1-732. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
[3] Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
[3] Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
[3] 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. 

[A] Palmweb - Palms of the World Online - http://www.palmweb.org

[C] WCSP 2013. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Retrieved 2011 onwards

[N] The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

[W] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allagoptera

eMonocot: http://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:6146

The World Checklist of Monocotyledons: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

IUCN Red List: http://discover.iucnredlist.org

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