Iriartella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Iriarteeae
Genus: Iriartella
Species: I. setigera – I. stenocarpa
Name

Iriartella H.Wendl., Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 103 (1860)

Type species: Iriartella setigera (Mart.) H.Wendl., Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 104 (1860

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cuatrecasea Dugand, Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 3: 392 (1940)

References

Wendland, H.A. (1860) Bonplandia 8: 103, 106. BHL

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Iriartella in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Oct. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Iriartella. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 19 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Iriartella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Oct. 19.
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

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.