Arecaceae
Iriartella

Iriartella setigera (Mart.) H.Wendl.

First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 104 (1860)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Colombia to Guyana and N. Brazil. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Descriptions

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
bodoquera, boloquera, bombona, chontica, mavé, pachuba, pachubita, palma de cerbatana, pimpí, pona, ponilla, yaripa, yupatí, zanconcita
[UNAL]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 100 - 800 m.; Amazonia, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, arbolito, palma cespitosa
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Guiana Shield. Elevation range: 100–800 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Vaupés, Vichada.
Habit
Shrub, Small tree, Caespitose palm.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Câraiñù (Cubeo)
[UPFC]

Vernacular
Bodoquera, Boloquera, Bombona, Chontica, Mavé, Pachuba, Pachubita, Palma de cerbatana, Pimpí, Pona, Ponilla, Yaripa, Yupatí, Zanconcita
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0