Acrocomia
| Acrocomia | |
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| Acrocomia aculeata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Cocoseae |
| Genus: | Acrocomia Mart. |
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Acrocomia is a genus of palms which is native to the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico in the north, through Central America and the Caribbean, and through South America south to Argentina.[1][2]
Description
Acrocomia is a genus of spiny, pinnate-leaved palms which range from large trees to small palms with short, subterranean stems.[3]
The species bears branched inflorescences which are located among the leaves. The unisexual flowers; female flowers are born near the base of the inflorescence, while male flowers are borne towards the tips. Fruit are large, single-seeded, and vary in colour from yellow, to orange, to brown.[3]
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Species
- Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex R.Keith - Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America
- Acrocomia aculeata subsp. totai Mart. - Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil
- Acrocomia crispa (Kunth) C. Baker ex. Becc. - Cuba
- Acrocomia emensis (Toledo) Lorenzi - Brazil
- Acrocomia glaucescens Lorenzi - Brazil
- Acrocomia hassleri (Barb.Rodr.) W.J.Hahn - Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay
- Acrocomia intumescens Drude - Brazil
- Acrocomia media O.F.Cook - Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
- Acrocomia mexicana Karw. ex Mart. - Yucatan, Mexico [4]
References
Media related to Acrocomia at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 45–50. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
- ^ Flores-Johnson, E.A. (2018-06-25). "Microstructure and mechanical properties of hard Acrocomia mexicana fruit shel". Scientific Reports. 8: 9668. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-27282-8. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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