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Taxon:  Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L. f.) Wess. Boer



Summary
Genus:
Attalea
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Cocoseae
Subtribe:
Attaleinae
Nomen number:
407173
Place of publication:
Pittiera 17:312. 1988
Verified:
12/16/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cocos butyracea Mutis ex L. f.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Scheelea butyracea (Mutis ex L. f.) H. Karst. ex H. Wendl.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Attalea humboldtiana Spruce
Scheelea excelsa H. Karst.
Scheelea humboldtiana (Spruce) Burret
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Reference(s)
  1. Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
  2. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  3. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  4. Vásquez Martínez, R. et al. 2002. Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2):57.
Common names
English
kuakish –
Portuguese (Brazil)
aricuri –
jaci –
Spanish (Ecuador)
canambo –
Spanish (Peru)
shapaja –
shapajilla –
Spanish (Venezuela)
palma yagua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCampeche 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAcre 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and Tobago  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica w.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHondurasGracias a Dios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua w.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorNapo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuánuco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruUcayali 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica (w.), Guatemala, Honduras [Gracias a Dios], Nicaragua (w.), Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amazonas]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Napo], Peru [Huánuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Ucayali]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=407173. Accessed 29 April 2025.