Geonoma deversa (Poit.) Kunth

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Geonoma deversa (Poit.) Kunth

  • Description

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    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Widespread in Central and tropical South America; occasional and sometimes locally frequent in well-drained places usually in the understory of dense forests at lower altitudes, up to about 600 m.

  • Discussion

    Gynestum deversum Poiteau, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 390, t 18. 1822.

    Type. Poiteau sn, French Guiana (P).

    Specimens from the Guianas usually originate from low elevations—below 500 m—but the species which is extremely widespread and occurs from Guatemala to Bolivia and Peru southward and the Amazon basin and French Guiana eastward sometimes reaches elevations up to about 600 m. Due to its large area and some intraspecific variability several synonyms exist of which Geonoma paniculigera is most frequently found in current literature.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Widespread in Central and tropical South America; occasional and sometimes locally frequent in well-drained places usually in the understory of dense forests at lower altitudes, up to about 600 m.

    Central America| South America|