Attalea princeps

Attalea princeps is a species of palm tree native to the Amazon rainforest of Bolivia.[1][2]

Attalea princeps
Attalea princeps at Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Attalea
Species:
A. princeps
Binomial name
Attalea princeps
Mart.
Synonyms
  • Scheelea princeps (Mart.) H.Karst.

It is the subject of an eponymously named short-story written by Russian author Vsevolod Garshin.[3]

References

  1. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780123969545.
  2. Pintaud, J.C.; Del Castillo, A.R.; Ferreira, E.J.L.; Moraes, M.; Mejía, K. (2016). "Towards a revision of Attalea in Western Amazonia". Palms. 60 (2): 57–77.
  3. Mirsky, D.S. A History of Russian Literature.
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