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Desmoncus orthacanthos

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Internal ID UUID64403850f26fe543852486
Scientific name Desmoncus orthacanthos
Authority Mart.
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 87 (1824)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Atitara ataxacantha (Barb.Rodr.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 727. 1891 (1891)
Atitara lophacantha Barb.Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 76 (1902)
Atitara orthacantha Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 727 (1891)
Desmoncus orthacanthos var. mitis Drude Fl. Bras. 3(2): 311 (1881)
Desmoncus ataxacanthus Barb.Rodr. Enum. Palm. Nov. : 25 (1875)
Desmoncus huebneri Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 200 (1934)
Desmoncus leptochaete Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 204 (1934)
Desmoncus longifolius Mart. Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 52 (1844)
Desmoncus lophacanthos Mart. Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 50 (1844)
Desmoncus werdermannii Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 32: 114 (1933)

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Language Common/alternative name
English climbing palm
Spanish atitara major
Spanish atitara chinantlensis
Spanish atitara macrocarpa
Spanish atitara drudeana
Spanish atitara horrida
Spanish atitara palustris
Spanish atitara rudenta
Chinese 直刺椰藤
Chinese 直刺美洲藤

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000941973
Tropicos 2400436
INPN 731655
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666637-1
The Plant List kew-60404
Open Tree Of Life 947237
NCBI Taxonomy 169989
IPNI 666637-1
iNaturalist 281240
GBIF 2738754
Freebase /m/03c4zvf
EOL 1094333
USDA GRIN 438331
Wikipedia Desmoncus_orthacanthos

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Palm Fungi and Their Key Role in Biodiversity Surveys: A Review Pereira DS, Phillips AJ J Fungi (Basel) 19-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10672035
doi:10.3390/jof9111121
PMID:37998926
Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Regulating Growth, Enhancing Productivity, and Potentially Influencing Ecosystems under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses Wahab A, Muhammad M, Munir A, Abdi G, Zaman W, Ayaz A, Khizar C, Reddy SP Plants (Basel) 29-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10489935
doi:10.3390/plants12173102
PMID:37687353
Polishing entire stems and roots using sandpaper under water: An alternative method for macroscopic analyses Barbosa AC, Gerolamo CS, Lima AC, Angyalossy V, Pace MR Appl Plant Sci 14-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8202830
doi:10.1002/aps3.11421
PMID:34141498
Perceptions of the local beekeepers on the diversity and flowering phenology of the melliferous flora in the community of Xmabén, Hopelchén, Campeche, Mexico Coh-Martínez ME, Cetzal-Ix W, Martínez-Puc JF, Basu SK, Noguera-Savelli E, Cuevas MJ J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 08-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6408807
doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0296-1
PMID:30849998
Biomechanics and functional morphology of a climbing monocot Hesse L, Wagner ST, Neinhuis C AoB Plants 27-Jan-2016
PMCID:PMC4789545
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plw005
PMID:26819259
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
Liana Abundance, Diversity, and Distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Schnitzer SA, Mangan SA, Dalling JW, Baldeck CA, Hubbell SP, Ledo A, Muller-Landau H, Tobin MF, Aguilar S, Brassfield D, Hernandez A, Lao S, Perez R, Valdes O, Yorke SR PLoS One 21-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC3528767
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052114
PMID:23284889
Phylogenetic utility of the nuclear genes AGAMOUS 1 and PHYTOCHROME B in palms (Arecaceae): an example within Bactridinae Ludeña B, Chabrillange N, Aberlenc-Bertossi F, Adam H, Tregear JW, Pintaud JC Ann Bot 09-Aug-2011
PMCID:PMC3219496
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr191
PMID:21828068
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
Phylogenetic relationships among arecoid palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae) Baker WJ, Norup MV, Clarkson JJ, Couvreur TL, Dowe JL, Lewis CE, Pintaud JC, Savolainen V, Wilmot T, Chase MW Ann Bot 16-Feb-2011
PMCID:PMC3219489
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr020
PMID:21325340
Biomechanics of climbing palms and how they climb Rowe N, Isnard S Plant Signal Behav 01-Sep-2009
PMCID:PMC2802813
doi:10.4161/psb.4.9.9426
PMID:19847117

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