Socratea

Genus of palms

Socratea

Socratea exorrhiza stilt roots
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Arecales
Family:  | Arecaceae
Subfamily:  | Arecoideae
Tribe:  | Iriarteeae
Genus:  | Socratea
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Synonyms[1]

* Metasocratea Dugand

Socratea is a genus of five species of palms found in tropical Central America and South America.[1][2][3]

It is commonly believed that Socratea can move away from where it germinated by growing roots on one side and abandoning them on the other. Attempts to detect this behavior have failed.[4] What is known for a fact is that these roots can, in the case of S. montana, grow to a length of 16.5 feet (five meters) and up to three inches (eight cm) in diameter.[5]

## Species

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* Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl. \- Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, northern and western Brazil (States of Amazonas, Amapá, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima)
* Socratea hecatonandra (Dugand) R.Bernal \- Colombia, Ecuador
* Socratea montana R.Bernal & A.J.Hend. \- Colombia, Ecuador
* Socratea rostrata Burret \- Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
* Socratea salazarii H.E.Moore \- Peru, Bolivia, western Brazil (State of Acre)

## References

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1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. ^ Henderson, A. 1990. Arecaceae–Part I. Introduction and the Iriarteinae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 53: 1–100
4. ^ Can 'Walking Palm Trees' Really Walk? At: Live Science
5. ^ Henderson, Andrew (May 2, 1990). "Arecaceae - Part 1". Flora Neotropica. 53: 84.

## External links

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* http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151207-ecuadors-mysterious-walking-trees

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Arecaceae genera

Baker & Dransfield (2016) taxonomy

Calamoideae|

| Eugeissoneae|

* Eugeissona

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Lepidocaryeae|

* Oncocalamus
* Eremospatha
* Laccosperma
* Raphia
* Lepidocaryum
* Mauritia
* Mauritiella

Calameae|

* Korthalsia
* Eleiodoxa
* Salacca
* Metroxylon
* Pigafetta
* Plectocomia
* Myrialepis
* Plectocomiopsis
* Calamus

Nypoideae|

* Nypa

Coryphoideae|

| Sabaleae|

* Sabal

|

Cryosophileae|

* Schippia
* Trithrinax
* Zombia
* Coccothrinax
* Hemithrinax
* Leucothrinax
* Thrinax
* Chelyocarpus
* Cryosophila
* Itaya
* Sabinaria

Phoeniceae|

* Phoenix

Trachycarpeae|

* Chamaerops
* Guihaia
* Trachycarpus
* Rhapidophyllum
* Maxburretia
* Rhapis
* Livistona
* Licuala
* Johannesteijsmannia
* Pholidocarpus
* Saribus
* Lanonia
* Acoelorraphe
* Serenoa
* Brahea
* Colpothrinax
* Copernicia
* Pritchardia
* Washingtonia

Chuniophoeniceae|

* Chuniophoenix
* Kerriodoxa
* Nannorrhops
* Tahina

Caryoteae|

* Caryota
* Arenga

Corypheae|

* Corypha

Borasseae|

* Bismarckia
* Satranala
* Hyphaene
* Medemia
* Latania
* Lodoicea
* Borassodendron
* Borassus

Ceroxyloideae|

* Pseudophoenix
* Ceroxylon
* Juania
* Oraniopsis
* Ravenea
* Ammandra
* Aphandra
* Phytelephas

Arecoideae|

* Podococcus
* Orania
* Sclerosperma
* Roystonea
* Reinhardtia
* Manicaria
* Hyospathe
* Leopoldinia

| Iriarteeae|

* Iriartella
* Dictyocaryum
* Iriartea
* Socratea
* Wettinia

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Chamaedoreeae|

* Hyophorbe
* Wendlandiella
* Synechanthus
* Chamaedorea
* Gaussia

Cocoseae|

* Beccariophoenix
* Jubaeopsis
* Voanioala
* Allagoptera
* Attalea
* Butia
* Cocos
* Jubaea
* Syagrus
* Parajubaea
* Acrocomia
* Astrocaryum
* Aiphanes
* Bactris
* Desmoncus
* Barcella
* Elaeis

Euterpeae|

* Euterpe
* Prestoea
* Neonicholsonia
* Oenocarpus

Geonomateae|

* Welfia
* Pholidostachys
* Calyptrogyne
* Calyptronoma
* Asterogyne
* Geonoma

Pelagodoxeae|

* Pelagodoxa
* Sommieria

Areceae|

* Actinorhytis
* Archontophoenix
* Actinokentia
* Chambeyronia
* Kentiopsis
* Areca
* Nenga
* Pinanga
* Basselinia
* Burretiokentia
* Cyphophoenix
* Cyphosperma
* Lepidorrhachis
* Physokentia
* Carpoxylon
* Satakentia
* Neoveitchia
* Cyphokentia
* Clinosperma
* Dypsis
* Lemurophoenix
* Marojejya
* Masoala
* Calyptrocalyx
* Linospadix
* Howea
* Laccospadix
* Oncosperma
* Deckenia
* Acanthophoenix
* Tectiphiala
* Ptychosperma
* Ponapea
* Adonidia
* Balaka
* Veitchia
* Carpentaria
* Wodyetia
* Drymophloeus
* Normanbya
* Brassiophoenix
* Ptychococcus
* Jailoloa
* Manjekia
* Wallaceodoxa
* Rhopalostylis
* Hedyscepe
* Nephrosperma
* Phoenicophorium
* Roscheria
* Verschaffeltia
* Bentinckia
* Clinostigma
* Cyrtostachys
* Dictyosperma
* Dransfieldia
* Heterospathe
* Hydriastele
* Iguanura
* Loxococcus
* Rhopaloblaste

Taxon identifiers

Socratea|

* Wikidata: Q1432412
* Wikispecies: Socratea
* BOLD: 223766
* CoL: 8W3MT
* EoL: 35125
* GBIF: 2732448
* GRIN: 11256
* iNaturalist: 132145
* IPNI: 319738-2
* IRMNG: 1048340
* NCBI: 145712
* Open Tree of Life: 18254
* Paleobiology Database: 250382
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319738-2
* Tropicos: 40001510
* WFO: wfo-4000035655

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