Background Many recent papers have documented the phytochemical and pharmacological
bases for the use of palms (Arecaceae) in ethnomedicine. Early publications were based …

This user-friendly and authoritative book will serve scientists, growers, and sightseers as a
guide to the 67 genra and 550 species of naturally occurring palms found in the Americas …

Questions: What are the relative contributions of environmental factors and geographic
distance to palm community structure at the mesoscale, and how do they depend on the …

Question: Are soil properties and topographic variation related with palm (Arecaceae)
species composition and distribution patterns? If so, are species distribution patterns …

A pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar a influência da extração e da embebição das
sementes sobre a germinação de tucumã (Astrocaryum aculeatum Meyer, Arecaceae). Após …

Western Amazonia harbours one of the richest palm floras of the Neotropics. About 121
palm species and 33 genera occur in this region. Approximately 40% of these species and …

El estudio se encaminó a generar lineamientos para el aprovechamiento y manejo
sostenible de nueve especies de plantas del departamento del Amazonas …

Astrocaryum aculeatum (tucumã) é uma palmeira amazônica, cuja polpa dos frutos, rica em
vitamina A, pode ser consumida ao natural ou na forma de sorvete, suco, licor e doce. Sua …

A diverse near-shore marine fauna existed during the early Miocene in what is today an arid
inland region about 90 km south of the Caribbean coast of northern Venezuela, a poorly …

Context The recent phytosanitary crisis caused by the stem borer weevils Dynamis borassi
and Rhynchophorus palmarum in peach palms (Bactris gasipaes) seriously affects the …