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Attalea princeps

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Species of palm

Attalea princeps
Attalea princeps at Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Attalea
Species: A. princeps
Binomial name
Attalea princeps
Mart.
Synonyms
  • Scheelea princeps (Mart.) H.Karst.

Attalea princeps is a species of palm tree native to the Amazon rainforest of Bolivia.

It is the subject of an eponymous short story written by Russian author Vsevolod Garshin.

References

  1. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780123969545.
  2. Pintaud, J.C.; Del Castillo, A.R.; Ferreira, E.J.L.; Moraes, M.; Mejía, K. (2016). "Towards a revision of Attalea in Western Amazonia". Palms. 60 (2): 57–77.
  3. Mirsky, D.S. A History of Russian Literature.
Taxon identifiers
Attalea princeps
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