Details for: PI 562572, Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz & Pav., "Tagna", vegetable ivory.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz & Pav.

Top Name:

"Tagna", vegetable ivory.

Origin:

Collected – Ecuador

Maintained:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Received by NPGS:

28 Aug 1992

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz & Pav.

Top Name:

"Tagna", vegetable ivory.

Origin:

Collected – Ecuador

Maintained:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Received by NPGS:

28 Aug 1992

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

17 July 1992.
Ecuador
Locality: Rio Ayamje, Rivenne forest, SW of Machalia National Park.

Collector(s):

Keel, Shirley, Latin American Science Program

Donated

28 August 1992.
Virginia, United States

Donor(s):

Keel, Shirley, Latin American Science Program

Accession Names and Identifiers

"Tagna", vegetable ivory.

Type: Local name

Narrative

Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz & Pav.

Genus:

Phytelephas

Family:

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Subfamily:

Ceroxyloideae

Tribe:

Phytelepheae

Nomen number:

28245

Place of publication:

Syst. veg. fl. peruv. chil. 301. 1798

Verified:

03/16/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Phytelephas macrocarpa Ruiz & Pav. subsp. macrocarpa

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Phytelephas karstenii O. F. Cook
Phytelephas microcarpa Ruiz & Pav.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	ivory palm	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	ivory-nut palm	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	tagua palm	1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
French	ivoire végétal	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Elfenbeinpalme	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German	Steinnußpalme	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Spanish	homero	2	Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú Note: Documento de Trabajo no. 7, Proyecto PNUD/FAO/PER/81/002, Lima, Peru
Spanish	marfil vegetal	2	Barfod, A. S. 1991. A monographic study of the subfamily Phytelephantoideae (Arecaceae). Opera Bot. 105:58-60.
Spanish	palma de marfil	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Peru)	yarina	2	Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Swedish	elfenbenspalm	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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