Iriartella
Genus of palms
| Iriartella | |
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| Iriartella setigera by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Iriarteeae |
| Genus: | Iriartella H.Wendl. |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
| 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; particularly the Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, and Pará states).[1][2] The Nukak people of Colombia use Iriartella setigera to fashion blowguns.
Species
- Iriartella stenocarpa Burret
- Iriartella setigera (Mart.) H.Wendl.
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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Baker & Dransfield (2016) taxonomy
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| Lepidocaryeae | |
| Calameae |
| Sabaleae | |
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| Cryosophileae | |
| Phoeniceae |
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| Trachycarpeae | |
| Chuniophoeniceae | |
| Caryoteae | |
| Corypheae | |
| Borasseae |
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