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Jun 13, 2022 · Study species. Euterpe edulis (Arecaceae) is a palm threatened with extinction, found in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, and in gallery forests of the Brazilian...
Sep 12, 2024 · Euterpe is a genus from the palm family (Arecaceae) and comprises seven species distributed between Central and South America, of which five are native to Brazil (Henderson and Galeano 1996, Henderson 2000). The plants are characterized by a slender and greyish stem, solitary, or clustered, a well-developed and prominent sheath, and apical ...
Euterpe is a genus of palm trees, containing eight species that are native to Central America and the Yucatan, the West Indies, and South America, from Belize and the Windward Islands southward to Brazil, Peru and Argentina.
Scientific NameDistributionEuterpe broadwayi Becc. ex BroadwayWindward Islands, Trinidad & TobagoEuterpe catinga WallaceGuyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, ...Euterpe edulis MartBrazil, Paraguay, Misiones Province of ...Euterpe longibracteata Barb.Rodr.Guyana, Venezuela, BrazilJul 9, 2018 · The Jacutinga (Pipile jacutinga) bird, Species threatened with extinction due to hunting and habitat destruction. Dispersing seeds of various plant species, such as the palm-juçara (Euterpe edulis). Photo by Dr. Leonardo Desordi Lobo.
Euterpe is a genus of palm tree, containing eight species that are native to Central America and the Yucatan, the West Indies, and South America, from Belize and the Windward Islands southward to Brazil, Peru and Argentina. These palms grow mainly in swamps and floodplains.
The genus epithet 'Euterpe' comes from a Greek mythological name for one of the nine goddesses of the liberal arts. Its species epithet 'edulis' means edible in Latin, as the fruit is edible and commonly eaten the natives in South America.
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Apr 30, 2021 · Euterpe Mart. is a neotropical palm genus composed of seven species (Henderson and Galeano 1996) and most of them have economic and cultural importance due to the medicinal and commercial uses of their products (Barroso et al. 2010; Corrêa Martins et al. 2014; Trevisan et al. 2015).
