Common name
Portuguese: Coco-Babão
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Liliopsida (392)
Order: Arecales (29)
Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Syagrus (2)
Epithet: flexuosa Beccari (3)
Synonyms: Calappa campestris (Mart.) Kuntze, Cocos campestris Mart., Syagrus urbaniana (Dammer) Becc.
campestris => growing in fields
flexuosa => bent alternately to right and left, like the path of a snake
urbaniana => of the town, cultivated
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
External links
Check for Syagrus flexuosa at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1244] Syagrus - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Literature
- [22] Lorenzi,H. et al. (2004): Palmeiras Brasileiras e Exóticas Cultivadas. Instituto Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil.