Common name
English: Babassu palm
German: Babassupalme
Portuguese: Babaçu
English: Babassu palm
German: Babassupalme
Portuguese: Babaçu
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Arecales (29)
Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Attalea (1)
Epithet: speciosa Mart. (6)
Synonyms: Attalea glassmanii Zona, Attalea lydiae (Drude) Barb.Rodr., Heptantra phalerata (Mart.) O.F.Cook, Orbignya barbosiana Burret, Orbignya cuci Kunth ex H.Wendl., Orbignya huebneri Burret, Orbignya lydiae Drude, Orbignya macropetala Burret, Orbignya martiana Barb.Rodr., Orbignya phalerata Mart., Orbignya speciosa (Mart.) Barb.Rodr.
barbosiana => in honor of João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842-1909), Brazilian botanist and engineer
glassmanii => in honor of Dr. Sidney Frederick Glassman (1919-2008), american botanist who focused on palms and Micronesian flora
huebneri => in honor of George Hübner (1862-1935), German pioneer photographer and plant collector in Brazil and Peru
macropetala => bearing large petals
martiana => in honor of Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), German botanist and explorer
speciosa => beautiful
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
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