Attalea
Attalea maripa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Cocoeae
Genus:	Attalea Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
Species
See text

Attalea is a large genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. This pinnately leaved genus includes some of the largest neotropical palms. According to the Arecaceae section of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,^[1] there are 67 recognised species in this genus.

Common names: Cohune palm, rain tree, American oil palm, corozo palm, manaca palm.

[edit] Species

• Attalea allenii H.E.Moore
• Attalea amygdalina Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
• Attalea amylacea (Barb.Rodr.) Zona
• Attalea anisitsiana (Barb.Rodr.) Zona
• Attalea apoda Burret
• Attalea attaleoides (Barb.Rodr.) Wess.Boer
• Attalea barreirensis Glassman
• Attalea bassleriana (Burret) Zona
• Attalea blepharopus Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny
• Attalea brasiliensis Glassman
• Attalea brejinhoensis (Glassman) Zona
• Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess.Boer
• Attalea camopiensis (Glassman) Zona
• Attalea cephalotus Poepp. ex Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny,
• Attalea cohune Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny
• Attalea colenda (O.F.Cook) Balslev & A.J.Hend.
• Attalea compta Mart.
• Attalea crassispatha (Mart.) Burret
• Attalea cuatrecasana (Dugand) A.J.Hend., Galeano & R.Bernal
• Attalea dahlgreniana (Bondar) Wess.Boer
• Attalea degranvillei (Glassman) Zona, Palms
• Attalea dubia (Mart.) Burret
• Attalea eichleri (Drude) A.J.Hend.
• Attalea exigua Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc.
• Attalea fairchildensis (Glassman) Zona
• Attalea funifera Mart.
• Attalea geraensis Barb.Rodr.
• Attalea guacuyule (Liebm. ex Mart.) Zona
• Attalea guianensis (Glassman) Zona
• Attalea hoehnei Burret,
• Attalea huebneri (Burret) Zona
• Attalea humilis Mart. ex Spreng.
• Attalea iguadummat de Nevers
• Attalea insignis (Mart.) Drude in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl
• Attalea kewensis (Hook.f.) Zona
• Attalea lauromuelleriana (Barb.Rodr.) Zona
• Attalea leandroana (Barb.Rodr.) Zona
• Attalea luetzelburgii (Burret) Wess.Boer
• Attalea macrocarpa (H.Karst.) Linden
• Attalea macrolepis (Burret) Wess.Boer
• Attalea magdalenica (Dugand) Zona
• Attalea maracaibensis Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny
• Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny
• Attalea maripensis (Glassman) Zona
• Attalea microcarpa Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny
• Attalea moorei (Glassman) Zona
• Attalea nucifera H.Karst.
• Attalea oleifera Barb.Rodr.
• Attalea osmantha (Barb.Rodr.) Wess.Boer
• Attalea peruviana Zona
• Attalea phalerata Mart. ex Spreng.
• Attalea pindobassu Bondar
• Attalea plowmanii (Glassman) Zona
• Attalea princeps Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny
• Attalea racemosa Spruce
• Attalea rhynchocarpa Burret
• Attalea rostrata Oerst.
• Attalea salazarii (Glassman) Zona
• Attalea salvadorensis Glassman
• Attalea seabrensis Glassman
• Attalea septuagenata Dugand
• Attalea speciosa Mart.
• Attalea spectabilis Mart.
• Attalea tessmannii Burret
• Attalea vitrivir Zona
• Attalea weberbaueri (Burret) Zona
• Attalea wesselsboeri (Glassman) Zona

[edit] References

• "Attalea Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 309 (1816)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=17758&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=17758&status=true. Retrieved 2007-02-24. 

1. ^ Govaerts, R.; J. Henderson; S.F. Zona; D.R. Hodel; A. Henderson (2006). "World Checklist of Arecaceae". The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/home.do. Retrieved 2007-02-06. 

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