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Internal ID UUID643fedef09740201088719
Scientific name Syagrus amara
Authority Mart.
First published in Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 132 (1847)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Rhyticocos amara Becc. Malpighia 1: 353 (1886)
Calappa amara (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 982 (1891)
Cocos amara Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. : 277 (1763)

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Language Common/alternative name
English moca palm
English overtop palm
Chinese 苦味女王椰子
Chinese 马提尼榈

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  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Leeward Islands
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000317822
Tropicos 50151493
INPN 630761
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:670002-1
The Plant List kew-198781
Open Tree Of Life 293004
NCBI Taxonomy 290279
IPNI 670002-1
iNaturalist 346387
GBIF 5293916
EOL 1129550
USDA GRIN 35960

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Phylogenetic Analysis of Seven WRKY Genes across the Palm Subtribe Attaleinae (Arecaceae) Identifies Syagrus as Sister Group of the Coconut Meerow AW, Noblick L, Borrone JW, Couvreur TL, Mauro-Herrera M, Hahn WJ, Kuhn DN, Nakamura K, Oleas NH, Schnell RJ PLoS One 06-Oct-2009
PMCID:PMC2752195
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007353
PMID:19806212
Cyclone Tolerance in New World Arecaceae: Biogeographic Variation and Abiotic Natural Selection Griffith MP, Noblick LR, Dowe JL, Husby CE, Calonje MA Ann Bot 31-Jul-2008
PMCID:PMC2701779
doi:10.1093/aob/mcn132
PMID:18669575
Raphides in Palm Embryos and their Systematic Distribution ZONA S Ann Bot 01-Apr-2004
PMCID:PMC4242339
doi:10.1093/aob/mch060
PMID:14980977

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