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Mauritia

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Mauritia

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Also known as the fan palms, Buriti palm

Mauritia is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !!Fruit !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px||120px||Mauritia flexuosa||widely distributed across northern South America as far south as Bolivia, extending north to Trinidad |- |120px || ||Mauritia carana||Amazon regions of Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, and Colombia. |- |}

Species

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Genus

  1. PhylumMollusca
  2. ClassGastropoda
  3. OrderNeogastropoda
  4. FamilyMitridae
Habitatmarine
Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago
Observations19,149

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
165
With media
36
Family
Cypraeidae
Collections
YPM, DMNS, US, CAS, NY, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
Recorded in
Egypt, United States, Venezuela, Marshall Islands, Brazil, Peru, Brasil, Ecuador
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Arecaceae
Named after
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Image
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taxon name
Mauritia
Commons category
Mauritia (Arecaceae)
taxon rank
genus
GRIN URL
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topic's main category
Category:Mauritia
taxon common name
湿地榈属
homonymous taxon
Mauritia
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Mauritia is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !!Fruit !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px||120px||Mauritia flexuosa||widely distributed across northern South America as far south as Bolivia, extending north to Trinidad |- |120px || ||Mauritia carana||Amazon regions of Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, and Colombia. |- |}

==References==

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