Arecaceae
Desmoncus

Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart.

First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 87 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Brazil. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Araújo, D. & Alves, M. (2010). Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil). Phytotaxa 8: 1-24.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Henderson, A. (2011). A revision of Desmoncus (Arecaceae). Phytotaxa 35: 1-88.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Lorenzi, H., Noblick, L.R., Kahn, F. & Ferreira, E. (2010). Brazilian Flora Arecaceae (Palms): 1-268. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora LTDA, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador
  • Henderson, A., A revision of Desmoncus (Arecaceae) in Phytotaxa 35. 2011

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Araújo, D. & Alves, M. (2010). Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil). Phytotaxa 8: 1-24.
  • Henderson, A. (2011). A revision of Desmoncus (Arecaceae). Phytotaxa 35: 1-88.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Broadway, W.E. [4077] Trinidad and Tobago K000526432 Holotype Yes
Broadway, W.E. [4077] Trinidad and Tobago K000526433 Holotype Yes
Broadway, W.E. [4077] Trinidad and Tobago K000526431 Type Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [1087] Brazil K000632596 Holotype Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [1087] Brazil K000632595 Type Yes
Balslev, H.; Pederson, D.; Damgaard, L.S.; Madsen, K.O.; Alvarado, A.; Serralta, A.; Moo, A.; Alvarado, O.; Duno, R.; Dzib, G.; Calvo, L.M. [8221] Mexico K000667534 No
Balslev, H.; Pederson, D.; Damgaard, L.S.; Madsen, K.O.; Alvarado, A.; Serralta, A.; Moo, A.; Alvarado, O.; Duno, R.; Dzib, G.; Calvo, L.M. [8193] Mexico K000667527 No
Balslev, H.; Pederson, D.; Damgaard, L.S.; Madsen, K.O.; Alvarado, A.; Serralta, A.; Moo, A.; Alvarado, O.; Duno, R.; Dzib, G.; Calvo, L.M. [8178] Mexico K000667515 No
Balslev, H.; Pederson, D.; Damgaard, L.S.; Madsen, K.O.; Alvarado, A.; Serralta, A.; Moo, A.; Alvarado, O.; Duno, R.; Dzib, G.; Calvo, L.M. [8207] Mexico K000667548 No
Balslev, H.; Pederson, D.; Damgaard, L.S.; Madsen, K.O.; Alvarado, A.; Serralta, A.; Moo, A.; Alvarado, O.; Duno, R.; Dzib, G.; Calvo, L.M. [8200] Mexico K000667540 No
Argentina K:SPC-80194.000 No
Broadway, W.E. [4077] Trinidad and Tobago K000574524 Type Yes
Broadway, W.E. [4077] Trinidad and Tobago K000574523 Type Yes
Broadway, W.E. [4077] Trinidad and Tobago K000574525 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0