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Iriartella
Sign in to saveIriartella is a genus of two species of palms found in northern and northwestern South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and western Brazil; particularly the Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, and Pará states). The Nukak people of Colombia use Iriartella setigera to fashion blowguns.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Common Name: palme de San Juan
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- MO, NY, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), JBRJ, JBP, IPA
- Recorded in
- Peru, Brazil, Brasil, Guyana
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Iriartella is a genus of two species of palms found in northern and northwestern South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and western Brazil; particularly the Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, and Pará states). The Nukak people of Colombia use Iriartella setigera to fashion blowguns.
==Species== Iriartella stenocarpa Burret Iriartella setigera (Mart.) H.Wendl.
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