Wallace, A.R., Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses (1853)
Palm Trees Amazon

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t. 18 p. 53

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Mauritia carana Wallace ex Archer

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name cited:
Mauritia carana Wallace
name recognized:
Mauritia carana Wallace ex Archer

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drawing: W.H. Fitch

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family: Palmae
subfamily: Calamoideae
tribe: Lepidocaryeae

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epithet: caranus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

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homotypic synonyms:
Orophoma carana (Wallace ex Archer) Spruce ex Drude;
heterotypic synonyms:
Mauritia carana Wallace;