Euterpe

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Euterpe

  • Description

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    Genus Description - Monoecious palms, leaves pinnate with long tubular sheaths forming a crown-shaft. Inflorescences with two early caducous bracts and many simple divaricating rachillas; flowers in triads; fruits one-seeded, obliquely globose, albumen either ruminate or homogeneous.

  • Discussion

    Type. E. oleracea Martius.

    The genus Euterpe is here so broadly constructed as to include Prestoea, a group of palms mainly considered to be distinct on the generic level because of its predominantly reduced habit and a correlated retention of juvenile foliar characters. Also the inflorescences are slightly different, for instance in the tomentum. The genus Euterpe has several endemic species in the Guayana Highland.