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Astrocaryum aculeatissimum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, Sooretama, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Astrocaryum aculeatissimum - Trunk covered with spines - Click to enlarge!

Trunk covered with spines; Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, Sooretama, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1767
Date of entry: 10.08.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2728)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)

    Class: Liliopsida (399)

      Order: Arecales (29)

        Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)

          Genus: Astrocaryum (2)

            Epithet: aculeatissimum (Schott) Burret (1)

Synonyms: Astrocaryum ayri Mart., Toxophoenix aculeatissima Schott

aculeatissima => very prickly

aculeatissimum => very prickly

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

External links

Check for Astrocaryum aculeatissimum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [22] Lorenzi,H. et al. (2004): Palmeiras Brasileiras e Exóticas Cultivadas. Instituto Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil.

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