The Carandilla Palm (Trithrinax schizophylla Drude, Arecaceae) is not extinct in Brazil: first primary records from the Chaco region of Mato Grosso do Sul

By

Tomás, Walfrido Moraes
Ishii, Iria Hiromi
Urbanetz, Catia
Tomas, Marcelle Aiza
Camilo, André Restel
Cano, Ángela

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-6-2

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1669--5

Subjects

Conservation , palm , Pantanal wetland

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1669

 

Abstract

We report the occurrence of several remnant stands of Trithrinax schizophylla Drude in Porto Murtinho municipality, southwestern Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Until recently, the species was considered as probably extinct in the country. Trithrinax schizophylla is found only in the Chaco provinces of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia, with a narrow strip in the southwestern region of Mato Grosso do Sul. The region is one of the most modified inside the Pantanal wetland in Brazil, and conservation actions are in need to protect this and other species in the region.