Revista Peruana de Biología (Mar 2014)
The palms of South America: diversity, distribution and evolutionary history
- Jean-Christophe Pintaud,
- Gloria Galeano,
- Henrik Balslev,
- Rodrigo Bernal,
- Finn Borchsenius,
- Evandro Ferreira,
- Jean-Jacques de Granville,
- Kember Mejía,
- Betty Millán,
- Mónica Moraes,
- Larry Noblick,
- Fred W. Stauffer,
- Francis Kahn
Affiliations
- Jean-Christophe Pintaud
- IRD, UMR DIA-PC/DYNADIV, Laboratoire Genetrop, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
- Gloria Galeano
- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7495, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Henrik Balslev
- Department of Biology, Aarhus Univeristy, Ny Munkegade building 1540, 8000 Aarhus C.
- Rodrigo Bernal
- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7495, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Finn Borchsenius
- Department of Biology, Aarhus Univeristy, Ny Munkegade building 1540, 8000 Aarhus C., Denmark
- Evandro Ferreira
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Núcleo de Pesquisas do Acre, BR 364, Km4, Parque Zoobotânico da Universidade Federal do Acre, CEP 69.915-900, Rio Branco, Brasil.
- Jean-Jacques de Granville
- Herbarium CAY, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), B.P. 165, 97323 Cayenne Cedex, France.
- Kember Mejía
- Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Av. José A. Quiñones km. 2,5, A.P. 784, Iquitos, Perú
- Betty Millán
- Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima – Perú. Avda. Arenales 1256 Jesús María, Lima 14, Perú.
- Mónica Moraes
- Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Casilla 10077 – Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia.
- Larry Noblick
- Montgomery Botanical Center,11901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida 33156, USA.
- Fred W. Stauffer
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de Genève, CP 60, CH 1292, Chambésy-GE, Suisse.
- Francis Kahn
- IRD, UMR-DIAPC, Casilla 18-1209, Lima, Perú.
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v15i3.2662
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15,
no. 3
pp. 007 – 029
Abstract
This article presents an inventory of South American palms including 457 species and 50 genera. The distribution of palms within seven phytogeographical entities is analyzed. Factors which influence the evolution of palms in South America are discussed.
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