The Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) is assessed as Least Concern. The species is common in its natural range. The extent of occurrence (EOO) does not meet. Origin and Habitat: North-eastern Atlantic coast of Brazil in the state of Bahia, Alagoas and Sergipe. Type locality: Banks of Rio Negro and its tributaries. Habitat. PDF | The reproductive ecology of piassava palm (Attalea funifera Mart.) was investigated for 19 months in the Atlantic forests of eastern Brazil.

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Between funfera and 67 species are recognised in the genus, with estimates of as many as in total. This monoecious palm changes its sexual expression as it ages; younger plants generally produce inflorescences with male flowers, while older, taller plants produce inflorescences with female flowers. It is moderately salt tolerant and does a lot better inland then it does on the coast.
And if seed dormancy exists, is there evidence that buried seeds are induced to germinate by the heat of a fire, by the nutrient flush following a fire, or by the increased access to solar radiation? It is a very large massive easy to grow palm that likes sandy soil, but is adaptable to clay and loam both slightly alkaline and acidic.
Year Sttalea Description An excellent book, giving basic information on all the species of palms native dunifera the Americas that were known in The multigenus approach is based solely on the structure of the male flowers; no other characters could be consistently associated with one genus or another.
Dense stands of some of aattalea larger species are conspicuous elements on the landscape, while smaller species are found in both in the forest understorey and in savannas.
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This has been supported by a recent molecular phylogeny. The fibre is strong, and hard and it does not absorb moisture easily and are harvested in large amounts. funiffera
Attalea funifera
Porous in texture and low in exchangeable bases, these silicious podzolic soils sustain a slightly-dwarfed evergreen restinga forest, of which piassava is a common member Silva and Vinha It is not unusual to see offspring growing in the old leaf boots of a mature tree. List of Attalea species. Views Read Edit View history. Attalea species have a long history of human use, and include economically important sources of palm oil and fibre.
Attalea funifera – Useful Tropical Plants
Palms only have a set number of new leaves that can sprout and grow per year and removing fronds will not increase that number. All articles with funiferra external links Articles with dead external links from October Articles with permanently dead external links CS1 errors: Individual palms often change gender as they grow and reach the forest canopy, a condition associated with decreasing competition and increasing access to solar radiation Voeks a.
Small patches of agtalea forest are burned during the summer December-Marchafter all but the piassavas have been hacked down and runifera to dry. Since the genera can only be distinguished on the basis of their male flowers, the existence of intermediate flower types and the existence of hybrids between different genera has been used as an argument for keeping them all in the same genus.
Photo by Alex Popovkin. The peduncle is the main stalk, connecting the rachis with the stem.
Piassava fibres and lees For technical purposes it is worth defining and confirming the terms used to describe the fibrous plant materials. Attalea vitrivir was recognised as a distinct species by Michael Balick and coauthors; [16] Glassman and Funjfera and Dransfield concurred, but Henderson considered it part of A.
Why should so many species exhibit apparent adaptations to an ecological factor–in this case fire-that is infrequently a natural element in the ecosystem? Do piassava seeds retain viability in the soil seed bank, or do they readily germinate? Palm management in South Attaoea. Borne among the leaves on a long peduncle; male flowers with flattened petals and 6 straight stamens. Cook See all synonyms of Attalea funifera.
Four different types of male flowers exist.

Switch to new thesaurus. Disturbance has been implicated in the formation of vegetation dominated by large Attalea species. Oil in seeds are used for margarine and chocolate industry. Brown Capuchin Cebus apella in tree drinking from Piassava Palm Attalea funifera nut, monkeys use rocks and anvils to crack open nuts, Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil.
Piassava palms are economically valuable and attalae usually undomesticated.
