Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz & Pav. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phytelephas microcarpa Ruiz & Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil.: 302 (1798).
Elephantusia macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1156 (1806).
Elephantusia microcarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1157 (1806).
Phytelephas brachelus O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913).
Phytelephas brachinus O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913).
Phytelephas brevipes O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913).
Phytelephas cornutus O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913).
Phytelephas karstenii O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 227 (1927).
Phytelephas longiflora O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 227 (1927).
Phytelephas macrocarpa subsp. schottii (H.Wendl.) Barfod Opera Bot. 109: 60 (1991).
Phytelephas pittieri O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913).
Phytelephas schottii H.Wendl. Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 119 (1860).
Phytelephas seemannii O.F.Cook Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 242: 68 (1912).
Phytelephas seemannii subsp. brevipes (O.F.Cook) Barfod Opera Bot. 105: 64 (1991), no exact basionym page.
Yarina microcarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 223 (1927).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phytelephas macrocarpa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Phytelephas macrocarpa R.& P.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz & Pav.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz et Pav.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz et Pavon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phytelephas microcarpa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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