© CONSERVATOIRE ET JARDIN BOTANIQUES DE GENÈVE 2016
Addresses of the authors :
MMR : Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Casilla 10077 – Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia.
E-mail : monicamoraes45@gmail.com
JCP : UMR DIADE, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Submitted on November 2, 2015. Accepted on December 16, 2015. First published online on March 14, 2016.
ISSN : 0373-2967 – Online ISSN : 2235-3658 – Candollea 71(1) : 27-32 (2016)
Attalea blepharopus Mart. (Arecaceae)
from Bolivia revisited since Martius
Mónica Moraes R. & Jean-Christophe Pintaud
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Abstract
MORAES R., M. & J.-C. PINTAUD (2016). Attalea blepharopus Mart. (Arecaceae) from Bolivia revisited since Martius. Candollea 71 : 27-32.
In English, English abstract. DOI : http ://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2016v711a6
Populations in Bolivia of an Attalea Kunth species (Arecaceae) with regularly spaced pinnae were historically assigned to
Attalea butyracea (Mutis) Wess. Boer, which also occurs in Colombia, western Venezuela and northern Ecuador. During
a recent ieldtrip to the Chapare province in Cochabamba department (central Bolivia), we visited the Yuracaré people’s
territory that Alcide d’Orbigny mentioned as harboring a large and distinct palm, Attalea blepharopus Mart. Based on its
morphology, we recognize the species as distinct from Attalea butyracea and designate a lectotype based on the original
illustrations and an epitype based on a recent complete collection. he species is described in details and illustrated with
photographs for the irst time.
Keywords
ARECACEAE – Attalea – Bolivia – Typiication