Attalea dubia — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/Attalea

At a glance

Occurrence records127

Data sources5

Biological traits30

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Attalea dubia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility127 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources30 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF127 records

01Narrative

Attalea dubia, also known as the Indaiá plant, babassu palm, or bacuaçu palm is a flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to the Southern and Southeast Regions of Brazil.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology9

Fruit length62.5 mm

Fruit length max65 mm

Fruit length min60 mm

Fruit width30 mm

Fruit width max40 mm

Fruit width min30 mm

Leaf length max7 000 mm

Plant height10 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 10 m · TRY: 11 m

Plant height max25 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max300 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourbrown

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTcanopy

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits5

Dbh max35 cm

Defenseno

Leaf spinesno

Shoot length max2 500 cm

Shoot orientationerect

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type127 records

Wild obs. + sensor75

Museum / vouchered37

Other15

Origin

Native14

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO260 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy79% within 1 km

≤100 m 23≤1 km 11≤10 km 7>10 km 2

43 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor75

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 36 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence37

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bronx, US	8
Blumenau, BR	7
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	5
INMAlocation not on record	4
UFRRJlocation not on record	2
PUC-RIOlocation not on record	2
UFESlocation not on record	1
Seropédica, BR	1
UNESClocation not on record	1
IPA/SPlocation not on record	1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA	1
Criciúma, BR	1
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record	1
UNESP-FCAlocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 36 of 37 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code