Lepidocaryum

Lepidocaryum is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family from South America where the lone species, Lepidocaryum tenue, is commonly called poktamui. Nine species names have been published, but palm taxonomists currently agree that just one variable species includes them all. The most reduced member of the Lepidocaryeae, it is similar in appearance to three closely related genera, Mauritia, Mauritiella, and Lytocaryum. The genus name combines the Greek words for "scale" and "nut" and the species epithet is Latin for "thin".

Lepidocaryum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Calamoideae
Tribe: Lepidocaryeae
Genus: Lepidocaryum
Mart.
Species:
L. tenue
Binomial name
Lepidocaryum tenue
Mart.
Synonyms
  • Mauritia tenuis (Mart.) Spruce
  • Mauritia casiquiarensis Spruce
  • Lepidocaryum casiquiarense (Spruce) Drude
  • Mauritia guainiensis Spruce
  • Lepidocaryum guainiense (Spruce) Drude
  • Lepidocaryum gujanense Becc.
  • Lepidocaryum gracile Mart.
  • Mauritia gracilis (Mart.) Spruce
  • Lepidocaryum enneaphyllum Barb.Rodr.
  • Lepidocaryum sexpartitum Trail & Barb.Rodr.
  • Lepidocaryum macrocarpum (Drude) Becc.
  • Mauritia quadripartita Spruce
  • Lepidocaryum quadripartitum (Spruce) Drude
  • Lepidocaryum tessmannii Burret
  • Lepidocaryum allenii Dugand
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