Iriartella

Iriartella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Iriarteeae
Genus:	Iriartella; H.Wendl.
Species
	Iriartella stenocarpa Burret; Iriartella setigera (Mart.) H.Wendl.;
Synonyms
	Cuatrecasea Dugand

Iriartella is a genus of two species of palms found in northern and northwestern South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and western Brazil; particularlly the Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, and Pará states).^[1]^[2] The Nukak of Colombia people use Iriartella setigera to fashion blowguns.

References

^ ^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.

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