Biology:List of Aiphanes species

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Native distribution of Aiphanes

This is a list of Aiphanes species. Aiphanes is a genus of spiny palms which is native to tropical regions of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Species

Names in green are currently accepted species, while those in red are not.

Species	Taxonomic status	Range	Conservation status
Aiphanes acanthophylla (Mart.) Burret	taxonomic synonym of A. minima
Aiphanes acaulis Galeano & R.Bernal	accepted name	Western Colombia
Aiphanes aculeata Willd.	syn. of A. horrida
Aiphanes bicornis Cerón & R.Bernal	accepted name	Ecuador
Aiphanes caryotifolia (Kunth) H.Wendl.	syn. of A. horrida
Aiphanes chiribogensis Borchs. & Balslev	accepted name	Ecuador
Aiphanes chocoensis A.H.Gentry	syn. of A. macroloba
Aiphanes concinna H.E.Moore	syn. of A. lindeniana
Aiphanes corallina (Mart.) H.Wendl.	syn. of A. minima
Aiphanes deltoidea Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes disticha (Linden) Burret	syn. of Martinezia disticha, a nomen nudum
Aiphanes duquei Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes echinocarpa Dugand	syn. of A. linearis
Aiphanes eggersii Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes elegans (Linden & H.Wendl.) H.Wendl.	syn. of A. horrida
Aiphanes erinacea (H.Karst.) H.Wendl.	accepted name
Aiphanes ernestii (Burret) Burret	syn. of A. horrida
Aiphanes erosa (Mart.) Burret	syn. of A. minima
Aiphanes fosteriorum H.E.Moore	syn. of A. hirsuta subsp. fosteriorum
Aiphanes fuscopubens L.H.Bailey	syn. of A. hirsuta subsp. hirsuta
Aiphanes gelatinosa H.E.Moore	accepted name
Aiphanes gracilis Burret	syn. of A. weberbaueri
Aiphanes graminifolia Galeano & R.Bernal	accepted name
Aiphanes grandis Borchs. & Balslev	accepted name
Aiphanes hirsuta Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes horrida (Jacq.) Burret	accepted name	Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil , Bolivia; cultivated throughout the tropics
Aiphanes kalbreyeri Burret	syn. of A. hirsuta subsp. kalbreyeri
Aiphanes killipii Burret	syn. of A. horrida
Aiphanes leiospatha Burret	unplaced name
Aiphanes leiostachys Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes lindeniana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl.	accepted name
Aiphanes linearis Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes luciana L.H.Bailey	syn. of A. minima
Aiphanes macroloba Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes minima (Gaertn.) Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes monostachys Burret	syn. of A. macroloba
Aiphanes orinocensis Burret	syn. of A. horrida
Aiphanes pachyclada Burret	syn. of A. minima
Aiphanes parvifolia Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes pilaris R.Bernal	accepted name
Aiphanes praemorsa (Poepp. ex Mart.) Burret	syn. of A. horrida
Aiphanes praga Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth	syn. of Prestoea acuminata var. acuminata.
Aiphanes schultzeana Burret	syn. of A. ulei
Aiphanes simplex Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes spicata Brochs. & R.Bernal	accepted name
Aiphanes stergiosii S.M.Niño, Dorr & F.W.Stauffer	accepted name
Aiphanes tessmannii Burret	syn. of A. weberbaueri
Aiphanes tricuspidata Borchs., M.Ruíz & Bernal	accepted name
Aiphanes truncata (Brongn. ex Mart.) H.Wendl.	syn. of A. horrida
Aiphanes ulei (Dammer) Burret	accepted name
Aiphanes verrucosa Borchs. & Balslev	accepted name
Aiphanes vincentiana L.H.Bailey	syn. of A. minima
Aiphanes weberbaueri Burret	accepted name