Mauritia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Calamoideae
Tribus: Lepidocaryeae
Subtribus: Mauritiinae
Genus: Mauritia
Species: M. carana – M. flexuosa
Name

Mauritia L.f., 1872
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Orophoma Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 294 (1881).

References

Linnaeus, C. (filius) , 1872. Suppl. Pl.: 70

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Mauritia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mauritia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 13 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Mauritia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 13.
Tropicos.org 2018. Mauritia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 13.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mauritia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Mauritia is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted.[1]

Image	Fruit	Scientific name	Distribution
		Mauritia flexuosa	widely distributed across northern South America as far south as Bolivia, extending north to Trinidad
		Mauritia carana	Amazon regions of Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, and Colombia.[1][2]

References

Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2013, Mauritia