| Mauritiella | |
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| Mauritiella armata | |
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: | Mauritiella Burret[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Mauritiella is a dioecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in South America where it is commonly called buriti. It is named after the similar and closely related genus Mauritia.[2][3][4]
Four species are recognized:[2]
- Mauritiella aculeata (Kunth) Burret - Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, northwestern Brazil
- Mauritiella armata (Mart.) Burret - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname
- Mauritiella macroclada (Burret) Burret - western Ecuador, western Colombia
- Mauritiella pumila (Wallace) Burret - southwestern Venezuela, southeastern Colombia
- ^ Burret, Noitzblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahem 12:609. 1935. Type:M. aculeata
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.