Amerindian names of Colombian palms (Palmae)

Authors

  • Diana Marmolejo Departamento de Lingüística, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • María Emilia Montes Departamento de Lingüística, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Rodrigo Bernal Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7495, Bogotá, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v15i3.3774

Keywords:

Colombia, phytonyms, Amerindian languages, Amerindian names, Arecaceae

Abstract

A glossary of 1276 Amerindian names or name variants of palms is presented, representing at least 121 species in 64 aboriginal languages of Colombia. The species with documented names in the largest number of languages are Bactris gasipaes, Oenocarpus bataua, Mauritia flexuosa,Euterpe precatoria, andAstrocaryum chambira, which are five of the most used palms in South America. The languages with the largest number of named species are uitoto (48), tikuna (47), muinane (43), siona (34), sikuani (31) and miraña (30). These figures reflect the detailed studies carried out with these ethnic groups, besides the palm diversity of their territories and their knowledge about it. The names are presented in three separate lists –arranged by species, by language, and a global list of names that includes references for each individual record.

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Published

11/28/2008

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2008)

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Copyright (c) 2008 Diana Marmolejo, María Emilia Montes, Rodrigo Bernal

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Marmolejo, Diana, María Emilia Montes, and Rodrigo Bernal. 2008. “Amerindian Names of Colombian Palms (Palmae)”. Revista Peruana De Biología 15 (3): 151-90. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v15i3.3774.