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Prestoea montana (R. Graham) G. Nicholson (Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 216. 1886.) Localities: West Indies (endemic), Lesser Antilles (native) [Grenada, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], Common Names: Cacheo (Dominican Republic), Catey (Dominican Republic), Catey (Haiti), Chou montagne (Guadeloupe), Chou montagne (Martinique), Chou palmiste (Guadeloupe), Macoutouca (Dominican Republic), Manacla (Dominican Republic), Mountain cabbage (Montserrat), Mountain cabbage (Nevis), Mountain cabbage (Saba), Mountain cabbage (St. Kitts), Mountain palm (Grenada), Mountain palm (St. Vincent), Palma boba (Cuba), Palma de manacla (Dominican Republic), Palma de sierra (Puerto Rico), Palma euterpe manaele (Cuba), Palma justa (Cuba), Palmiste (St. Lucia), Palmiste à chepelet (Haiti), Palmiste chou (Dominica), Palmiste montagne (Dominica), Palmiste montagne (Guadeloupe), Palmiste montagne (Martinique), Palmiste rouge (Guadeloupe), Yaguajusta (Cuba), Synonyms: Acrista monticola O.F. Cook (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 557. 1901.), Euterpe globosa Gaertn. (Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 24. 1788.), Oreodoxa oleracea sensu Bello, non Mart. (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 114. 1883.), Prestoea acuminata (Willd.) H.E. Moore var. montana (Graham) A.J. Hend. & Galeano (Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72: 53. 1996.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 6). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 7). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 8). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 9). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 10). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 11). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 31 Jul 09 |