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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Acrocomia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family: Arecaceae

Three species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Acrocomia aculeata (Dominican grugru palm)

Native to Martinique and the Commonwealth of Dominica.

 

Acrocomia mexicana (Mexican grugru palm)

Native to Mexico.

 

Acrocomia sclerocarpa

Native to Brazil.