MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Phytelephas names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

Phytelephas aequatorialis Spruce

SYNONYM(S) : Palandra aequatorialis (Spruce) O. F. Cook

ENGLISH : Ecuador ivory palm, Tagua palm, Tagua-nut palm.

SPANISH : Jarina (Brazil), Tagua.

Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz. & Pav.

SYNONYM(S) : Elephantusia macrocarpa (Ruiz. & Pav.) Willd.

CHINESE : Xiang ya zong.

ENGLISH : Ivory nut palm, Ivory palm, Large-fruited ivory palm, Vegetable ivory (product).

FRENCH : Ivoire végétal (product), Palmier à ivoire, Palmier à ivoire à stipe rampant.

NORWEGIAN : Elfenbenspalme.

SPANISH : Palma de marfil, Tagua, Yarina (Peru).

 

Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz. & Pav. subsp. macrocarpa

SPANISH : Homero, Marfil vegetal (product).

Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz. & Pav. subsp. schottii (H. Wendl.) Barfod

SYNONYM(S) : Phytelephas karstenii O. F. Cook, Phytelephas schottii H. Wendl.

ENGLISH : Colombian ivory palm.

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
General & specific on-line

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/login.jsp >.

IPNI, 2003, International Plant Name Index. Online Database. < http://www.ipni.org/ >.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

USDA, ARS, 2002, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?phytelephas (14 April 2003).

Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

 

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