Acrocomia

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Acrocomia

  • Description

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    Species Description - Solitary, heavily armed palms; stem often columnar; crown globose with many pinnate leaves, pinnae glaucous underneath, usually without marginal aciculae. Inflorescences erect with simple sidebranches, rachillas with a few pistillate flowers in the basal part and numerous congested staminate flowers in the terminal part; fruit globose, glabrescent setulose, with an osseous endocarp.

  • Discussion

    Type. A. aculeata (Jacquin) Lodd. ex Martius.

    Acrocomia is a poorly known genus represented in the Guianas by but one species occurring from sea level to about 1200 m elevation in the Andes.