Copernicia prunifera

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Internal ID UUID64403535916c5093617093
Scientific name Copernicia prunifera
Authority (Mill.) H.E.Moore
First published in Gentes Herbarum 9: 242. 1963

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Palma prunifera Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 7 (1768)
Arrudaria cerifera Macedo Not. Palm. Carnauba : 5 (1867)
Copernicia cerifera Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 242 (1838)
Corypha cerifera Arruda Trav. Brazil : 494 (1816)

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Language Common/alternative name
English carnauba wax palm
English carnauba palm
English caranda palm
English christ's thorn
English caranday palm
Spanish carnauba
Spanish carnaubeira
Spanish cera carnauba
Spanish palma carnauba
Arabic كوبرنيكية شمعية
Arabic نخلة الشمع
Catalan carnauba
Czech kopernicie voskonosná
Danish carnaubavoks-palme
German carnaubapalme
Basque karnauba
Persian نخل برزیلی
Finnish karnaubapalmu
Hungarian karnaubapálma
Japanese ブラジルロウヤシ
Georgian ბრაზილიური ცვილის პალმა
Lithuanian vaškinė kopernicija
Portuguese carnaúba
Portuguese carnaubeira
Portuguese carnaubal (plantação)
Portuguese bagana
Slovenian palma karnavba
Slovenian carnauba
Swedish vaxpalm
Swedish karnaubapalm
Chinese 巴西棕櫚樹
Chinese 桃果蜡棕
Chinese 巴西蜡棕

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000921608
UNII 6EKZ38572S
USDA Plants COPR6
Tropicos 2401620
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666273-1
The Plant List kew-46718
Open Tree Of Life 731313
NCBI Taxonomy 349346
IPNI 64989-2
iNaturalist 155170
GBIF 2738262
Freebase /m/061tj6
EPPO CPDCE
EOL 1091989
USDA GRIN 11430
Wikipedia Copernicia_prunifera
PFAF Copernicia prunifera

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Sustainable Composite Materials Based on Carnauba Wax and Montmorillonite Nanoclay for Energy Storage Brychka S, Brychka A, Hedin N, Mondeshki M Materials (Basel) 24-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11084883
doi:10.3390/ma17091978
PMID:38730787
Eugenol and Aloe vera blended natural wax-based coating for preserving postharvest quality of Kaji lemon (Citrus jambhiri) Das B, Devi LS, Dutta J, Kumar S Food Chem X 06-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11016979
doi:10.1016/j.fochx.2024.101349
PMID:38623512
Carnauba wax-based edible coatings retain quality enhancement of orange (Citrus sinensis cv. Moro) fruits during storage Babarabie M, Sardoei AS, Jamali B, Hatami M Sci Rep 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10876575
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-54556-1
PMID:38374381
First Report of Colletotrichum fructicola, C. rhizophorae sp. nov. and C. thailandica sp. nov. on Mangrove in Thailand Norphanphoun C, Hyde KD Pathogens 10-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10747506
doi:10.3390/pathogens12121436
PMID:38133319
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
A Novel Isoprene Synthase from the Monocot Tree Copernicia prunifera (Arecaceae) Confers Enhanced Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis Yu J, Khomenko I, Biasioli F, Li M, Varotto C Int J Mol Sci 18-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10607627
doi:10.3390/ijms242015329
PMID:37895009
Characterization of Thermo-Mechanical and Chemical Properties of Polypropylene/Hemp Fiber Biocomposites: Impact of Maleic Anhydride Compatibilizer and Fiber Content da Silveira PH, dos Santos MC, Chaves YS, Ribeiro MP, Marchi BZ, Monteiro SN, Gomes AV, Tapanes ND, Pereira PS, Bastos DC Polymers (Basel) 01-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10422450
doi:10.3390/polym15153271
PMID:37571165
Oleogelation based on plant waxes: characterization and food applications Thakur D, Singh A, Suhag R, Dhiman A, Chauhan DS J Food Sci Technol 13-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10542040
doi:10.1007/s13197-023-05786-0
PMID:37786600
Biomimetic oxidative copolymerization of hydroxystilbenes and monolignols Kim H, Rencoret J, Elder TJ, del Río JC, Ralph J Sci Adv 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9995074
doi:10.1126/sciadv.ade5519
PMID:36888720
Plants causing poisoning outbreaks of livestock in South America: A review Riet-Correa F, Machado M, Micheloud JF Toxicon X 21-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9898795
doi:10.1016/j.toxcx.2023.100150
PMID:36747993
Effect of the Addition of Different Natural Waxes on the Mechanical and Rheological Behavior of PLA—A Comparative Study Mendoza-Duarte ME, Estrada-Moreno IA, López-Martínez EI, Vega-Rios A Polymers (Basel) 06-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9866918
doi:10.3390/polym15020305
PMID:36679186
Population genomics of the neotropical palm Copernicia prunifera (Miller) H. E. Moore: Implications for conservation Costa MF, Morales-Marroquín JA, de Araújo Batista CE, Alves-Pereira A, de Almeida Vieira F, Zucchi MI PLoS One 03-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9632875
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0276408
PMID:36327224
Pest categorisation of Colletotrichum aenigma , C. alienum , C. perseae , C. siamense and C. theobromicola Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Migheli Q, Vloutoglou I, Czwienczek E, Maiorano A, Streissl F, Reignault PL EFSA J 25-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9405523
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7529
PMID:36034322
Effect of Palm Oil–Carnauba Wax Oleogel That Processed with Ultrasonication on the Physicochemical Properties of Salted Duck Egg White Fortified Instant Noodles Noonim P, Rajasekaran B, Venkatachalam K Gels 05-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9407518
doi:10.3390/gels8080487
PMID:36005088

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