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Taxon

Attalea cohune Mart.

Protologue Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3; Palmiers): 121. 1844BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Attalea cohune--Jalisco. Adj. to El Tamarindo, near La Manzanilla. 1 Aug 2007. 018.jpg

Attalea cohune--Jalisco. Adj. to El Tamarindo, near La Manzanilla. 1 Aug 2007. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Belize, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest; introduced into El Salvador, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected

August 1, 2007

Location

Mexico, Jalisco (Cihuatlán)

19.269806, -104.756972

Location Remarks

Adjacent to El Tamarindo, near La Manzanilla. "Adan's Eden"

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Attalea

Specific Epithet

cohune

Authorship

Mart.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#314,441 of 335,497

Top 94%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →