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sciophilum

Taxon

Astrocaryum sciophilum (Miq.) Pulle

Protologue Enum. Vasc. Pl. Surinam 73. 1906IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Astrocaryum sciophilum, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Les Nouragues. 17 Mch 01. 001.jpg

Astrocaryum sciophilum, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Les Nouragues. 17 Mch 01. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Astrocaryum sciophilum, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Les Nouragues. 17 Mch 01. 003.jpg

Astrocaryum sciophilum, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Les Nouragues. 17 Mch 01. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Astrocaryum sciophilum, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Les Nouragues. 17 Mch 01. 002.jpg

Astrocaryum sciophilum, not coll.--Fr. Guiana. Les Nouragues. 17 Mch 01. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Brazil North, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname (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

No collection number

March 17, 2001

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Astrocaryum

Specific Epithet

sciophilum

Authorship

(Miq.) Pulle

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.5

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

0.1

Global rank

#238,868 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →