Mauritia

Mauritia
Mauritia flexuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Calamoideae
Tribe: Lepidocaryeae
Genus: Mauritia
L.f.
Species

Mauritia carana
Mauritia flexuosa

Mauritia is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted.[1]

Image Fruit Scientific name Distribution
Mauritia flexuosa widely distributed across northern South America as far south as Bolivia, extending north to Trinidad
Mauritia carana Amazon regions of Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, and Colombia.[1][2]
  1. ^ a b Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2013, Mauritia