Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.
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Filed As
Arecaceae
Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart. -
Collector(s)
M. J. Balick 1754 with J. Dickson & E. Orlando Mejia, 21 Jul 1987
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Location
Honduras.
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Habitat
Secondary forest with Orbigyna cohune and Acrocomia mexicana common -- most of forest cut for cultivation (corn).
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Description
Palm 1- m tall, DBH 40 cm, ca. leaves per crown. Leaf rachis 2.5 m long; sheath 50 cm long; petiole 40 cm long. Pinnae irregularly despoited along rachis 158 per side. Inlforescence bract 1312 cm long [error here] x 19 cm wide, covered with spines, Primary axis of inflorescence 88 cm long covered with rachillae plus 30 cm peduncle devoid of rachillae (total = 118 cm 1° axis). Phenology of specimen: Fruit.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 02128551
Occurrence ID: d263a9d5-7e41-4f85-953f-91fea4815a43
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Arecales
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Family
Arecaceae
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All Determinations
Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart., 2014
Acrocomia mexicana Karw. ex Mart.
Note: Original ident.
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Region
Central America
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Country
Honduras
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Distribution
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Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.