By José Grassía 2010 Taxonomic rank Family: ArecaceaeSub family:Ccoryphoideae Tribe: Corypheae Subtribe: LivistoninaeGenus: CoperniciaSpecies: Copernicia Alba Morong, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 246 (1893) Heterotypic synonym ( Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, UK)Copernicia nigra Morong, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 245 (1893). Copernicia rubra Morong, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 247 (1893). Copernicia …
Branching palmsBy José GrassiaSet. 2008 The author near Phoenix dactylifera at Huerto del Cura. Elche. Spain Palms can be as single stemmed or clustering, according to have one or more trunks. In the first case presented a solitary trunk, more or less thick, which can be smooth, ringed with leaf debris, fibers, or thorns and …
Butia yatayby Jose A. Grassia.May 2008Taxonomy Family: Arecaceae (Palmae) Subfamily: Arecoideae Tribe: Cocoeae Subtribe: Butiinae Genus: Butia Species: Butia yatay (Mart.) Becc., Agric. Colon. 10: 498 (1916) Homotypic synonyms: (Check list Kew R.B. Garden 2008) Cocos yatay, Mart. en A.D.d’Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 93 (1844). Calappa yatay, (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 982 …
INTRODUCINGAQUATIC PALMS by Jorge Monteverde, Buenos Aires, Argentina© January 2005 Reprinted with permission from the International Waterlilyand Water Gardening Society’sWater Garden Journal (ISSN 1069-5982). www.iwgs.org Click images to enlarge Euterpe oleraceaPhoto by Michael Calonje INTRODUCTION Some time ago I had the opportunity to read a very interesting article(1) by the expert Betsy Sakata (Hall of …
Acrocomia totai (ex Acrocomia aculeata)by Jose A. GrassiaMarch 2009 Taxonomic rankFamily: Arecaceae (Palmae)Subfamily: ArecoideaeTribe: CocoeaeSubtribe: BactridinaeGenus: AcrocomiaSpecies: Acrocomia totai Mart. in A.D.d’Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 78 (1844) Distribution : Bolivia, Paraguay, SC. & S. Brazil and N. Argentina 83 BOL 84 BZC BZS 85 AGE AGW PAR Common names: …
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF PLANT RIGHTS Preamble: Whereas: Due to the immense and alarming disappearance of vegetation in the world, especially in the tropics, where there is a marked abundance of life, we humans, having mental capacity and ability to reason, have to speak up in the defence of all living beings on earth, particularly on …
