| Lepidocaryum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Calamoideae |
| Tribe: | Lepidocaryeae |
| Genus: | Lepidocaryum Mart.[1] |
| Species: | L. tenue
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidocaryum tenue Mart.
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Lepidocaryum is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family from South America where the lone species, Lepidocaryum tenue, is commonly called poktamui. Nine species names have been published, but palm taxonomists currently agree that just one variable species includes them all.[2][3] The most reduced member of the Lepidocaryeae, it is similar in appearance to two closely related genera, Mauritia and Mauritiella, as well as to the former genus Lytocaryum (now included in Syagrus[4]).[5] The genus name combines the Greek words for "scale" and "nut" and the species epithet is Latin for "thin".
- ^ Martius, Historia Naturalis Palmarum 2:49. 1824.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6
- ^ "Syagrus Mart." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Uhl, Natalie W. and Dransfield, John (1987) Genera Palmarum - A classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. ISBN 0-935868-30-5 / ISBN 978-0-935868-30-2