in South America (Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru). Its only species is Aphandra natalia, sometimes called mastodon palm or fiber palm, and is used by indigenous...
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Hancornia Hancornia speciosa Gomes Attalea Attalea speciosa Aphandra Aphandra natalia (Balslev & A.J.Hend.) Barfod Astrocaryum Astrocaryum chambira...
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Image Genus Species Ammandra O.F.Cook Ammandra decasperma Aphandra Barfod Aphandra natalia Phytelephas Ruiz & Pav. Phytelephas aequatorialis Spruce – Ecuadorean...
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corozo nut. The closely related Ammandra decasperma from Colombia, and Aphandra natalia from Ecuador, are also sources of vegetable ivory, but of inferior...
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recognition of her work on palm taxonomy in 1994. The palm species Aphandra natalia was named in her honor in 1987. As a taxonomist, Uhl described twelve...
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species in the closely related genus ''Aphandra, Aphandra natalia, was initially described as Ammandra natalia but was later given its own genus. The...
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