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Internal ID UUID6440351e17ea9383595858
Scientific name Copernicia alba
Authority Morong
First published in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 246 (1893)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Copernicia australis Becc. Webbia 2: 158 (1908)
Copernicia nigra Morong Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 245. 1893 (1893)
Copernicia ramulosa Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 403 (1928)
Copernicia rubra Morong Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 247 (1893)
Coryphomia tectorum Rojas Acosta Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 28: 158 (1918)

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Language Common/alternative name
English caranday palm
Spanish palma negra
Spanish anachicari
Spanish anachicarí
Spanish ananachicari
Spanish ananachicarí
Arabic كوبرنيكية بيضاء
Persian نخل موم کاراندای
French karanda'y
gn karanda'y
Lithuanian baltoji kopernicija
Portuguese carandá
Chinese 白蜡棕

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-central
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000921199
USDA Plants COAL13
Tropicos 2400383
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64958-2
The Plant List kew-46676
Open Tree Of Life 301432
Observations.org 407863
NCBI Taxonomy 1089947
IUCN Red List 111456546
IPNI 64958-2
iNaturalist 346357
GBIF 2738280
Freebase /m/07mmcq
EPPO CPDAU
Elurikkus 293636
USDA GRIN 102892
Wikipedia Copernicia_alba

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Ethnobotanical contributions to global fishing communities: a review Mendoza JN, Hanazaki N, Prūse B, Martini A, Bittner MV, Kochalski S, Macusi E, Ciriaco A, Mattalia G, Sõukand R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10693712
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00630-3
PMID:38042774
Complete chloroplast genomes of six neotropical palm species, structural comparison, and evolutionary dynamic patterns Francisconi AF, Marroquín JA, Cauz-Santos LA, van den Berg C, Martins KK, Costa MF, Picanço-Rodrigues D, de Alencar LD, Zanello CA, Colombo CA, Hernández BG, Amaral DT, Lopes MT, Veasey EA, Zucchi MI Sci Rep 23-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10667357
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-44631-4
PMID:37996522
First report of Rhodnius stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), vector of Trypanosoma cruzi (TcI) and Trypanosoma rangeli (TrA), in Rondônia, Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia Rodrigues Menezes AL, Ribeiro MA, Nascimento da Cruz L, de Carvalho EO, Oliveira JD, Geraldes Teixeira MM, Aristeu da Rosa J Heliyon 23-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10730576
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22747
PMID:38125462
Morphological-anatomical and chemical features of Copernicia alba fruits and seeds, a palm from Brazilian Pantanal da Silva RH, Silva AB, Arruda R, Vargas IP, Zanoelo FF, Damasceno Junior GA, Pott A, Arruda RD PLoS One 10-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10004538
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282775
PMID:36897866
Assessing the sustainability of yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) harvest Camera BF, Quintana I, Strüssmann C, Waller T, Barros M, Draque J, Micucci PA, Miranda EB PLoS One 12-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9836266
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0277629
PMID:36634074
Plastome structure, phylogenomic analyses and molecular dating of Arecaceae Chen DJ, Landis JB, Wang HX, Sun QH, Wang Q, Wang HF Front Plant Sci 27-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9552784
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.960588
PMID:36237503
Rhodnius (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera, Triatominae) genus in Bolivian Amazonia: a risk for human populations? Depickère S, Villacís AG, Santillán-Guayasamín S, Callapa Rafael JE, Brenière SF, Revollo Zepita S Parasit Vectors 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9426019
doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05423-3
PMID:36038947
Enhancing monitoring of rewilding progress through wildlife tracking and remote sensing Mata JC, Buitenwerf R, Svenning JC PLoS One 09-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8270134
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253148
PMID:34242225
Growth and establishment of monodominant stands affected by ENSO and flooding in the Pantanal Gris D, Paixão E, Arruda RC, Ishii IH, Marques MR, Damasceno-Junior GA Sci Rep 25-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7042278
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-60402-x
PMID:32099071
Knowledge and use of wild edible plants in rural communities along Paraguay River, Pantanal, Brazil Bortolotto IM, Amorozo MC, Neto GG, Oldeland J, Damasceno-Junior GA J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4469002
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0026-2
PMID:26025294
Checklist of vascular plants of the Department of Ñeembucú, Paraguay Egea JD, Peña-Chocarro M, Espada C, Knapp S PhytoKeys 30-Jan-2012
PMCID:PMC3281576
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.9.2279
PMID:22371688
Geographical ecology of the palms (Arecaceae): determinants of diversity and distributions across spatial scales Eiserhardt WL, Svenning JC, Kissling WD, Balslev H Ann Bot 28-Jun-2011
PMCID:PMC3219491
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr146
PMID:21712297

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