Attalea


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Noun1.Attalea - unarmed feather palms of central and northern South AmericaAttalea - unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America
genus Attalea
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
Attalea funifera, bahia coquilla, Bahia piassava, piassava palm, pissaba palm - Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
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Attalea Kunth is a Neotropical genus with 38 species dispersed from forests to savanna-like habitats (Henderson, 2002).
Density-dependent seed predation in Attalea geraensis Barb. Rodr
Guimaraes and Galetti (2004) reported the Southern Caracara feeding and dispersing fruits of the urucuri-palm (Attalea phalerata) in Pantanal.
Consumo de frutos de Bactris gasipaes por Caracara plancus en el municipio de Brasileia, suroeste de la Amazonia, Brasil
The use of piassava fibers (Attalea funifera) in the preparation of activated carbon.
Activated carbon from bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris) waste using C[O.sub.2] as activating agent for adsorption of methylene blue and phenol/Carvao ativado a partir de residuos de bambu (Bambusa vulgaris) utilizando C[O.sub.2] como agente ativante para adsorcao de azul de metileno e fenol
However, information on silage of the babassu palm (Attalea speciosa) co-product in ruminant feed is still scarce (CABRAL et al., 2015).
Silage of the agro-industrial co-product of babassu palm heart processing in sheep feed/Silagem de coproduto da industrializacao do palmito de babacu na alimentacao de ovinos
Diaspore structure and germination ecophysiology of the babassu palm (Attalea vitrivir).
Morphological characterization and germination of Syagrus schizophylla (Mart.) Glass. (ARECACEAE)
Ecology of Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Attalea palm trees of the Tapajos River Region (Para State, Brazilian Amazon).
Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon
Las especies mas abundantes fueron cacao (Theobroma cacao, N = 985) que representa el 33.8 % de las especies arboreas, seguido por banano (Musa spp., N = 163, 5.6%) y motacu (Attalea princeps, N = 126, 4.3%).
Efecto de la riqueza de especies y estructura de la vegetacion en el almacenamiento de carbono en sistemas agroforestales de la Amazonia, Bolivia

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