PDF, Articles, Books on Desmoncus orthacanthos
- 2015
- Messages from the Gods: a guide to the useful plants of Belize. Oxford university press. 504 pages.
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- 2006
- Exploración del potencial de cultivos alternativos perennes de alto valor (Theobroma cacao L.), aplicados en áreas selectas para la restauración de selvas lluviosas fragmentadas en Cobán y Cahabón, Alta Verapaz. CONCYT. 124 pages.
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http://glifos.concyt.gob.gt/digital/fodecyt/fodecyt%202006.15.pdf
- 2009
- Semillas utilizadas para elaborar artesanías lacandonas en Chiapas, México. Lacandonia, Rev. Ciencias UNICACH. Vol. 3, No. 2. Pages 45-58.
- 2004
- Estudios poblacionales de Desmoncus orthacanthos Martius (Arecaeae) en el sur de Quintana Roo, México. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 204 pages.
- 2004
- Demography and potential extractive use of the liana palm, Desmoncus orthacanthos Martius (Arecaeae), in southern Quintana Roo, Mexico. Forest Ecology and Management. Vol. 187, No. 1. Pages 3-18.
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- 2008
- Morfoanatomía de órganos vegetativos aéreos en Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart. (Arecaceae, Arecoideae). Ernstia. Vol. 18, No. 1. Pages 71-88.
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http://saber.ucv.ve/ojs/index.php/rev_erns/article/view/691/637
- 1997
- Field guide to the palms of the Americas. Princeton University Press. 352 pages.
- 2017
- CRC World dictionary of Palms: common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. CRC Press. 2753 pages.
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- 2000
- Abundance and growth of Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart. (Palmae) in response to light and ramet harvesting in five forest sites in Belize. Forest Ecology and Management. Vol. 137, No. 1-3. Pages 83-90.
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- 1958
- Flora of Guatemala. Part I. Fieldiana, Bot. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pages 258-259.
- 2005
- Establishment of Desmoncus orthacanthos Martius (Arecaeae): effect of inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizae. Rev. Biol. Trop. Vol. 54, No. 1. Pages 65-72.
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Camera Nikon D810, lens Nikon AF-S Micro 60mm F2.8 G; settings: f/9, speed 1/100, ISO 6400. Photo by Dr Nicholas Hellmuth
Information on the utilitarian potential of Desmoncus orthacanthos
- 1979
- Economic botany of the Guahibo. I. Palmae. Econ. Bot. Vol. 33, No. 4. Pages 361-376.
Available online:
www.nybg.org/files/scientists/mbalick/economic%20botany%20of%20the%
20Guahibo%20I%20Palmae.pdf
- 1998
- Non-timber forest products in community development and conservation Desmoncus sp. (tie-tie) in Gale’s Point Manatee, Belize. In: Primack, R. B., Bray, D., Galleti, H., Ponciano, I. (Eds.), Timber, Tourists, and Temples: conservation and development in the Maya Forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Islad Press, Washington, DC. Pages 224-244.
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- 1994
- Caracterización de las poblaciones de Bayal (Desmoncus spp.), con fines de aprovechamiento artesanal, en la unidad de manejo forestal de San Miguel, San Andrés, Petén. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. 206 pages.
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http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/tesis/01/01_1431.pdf
- 2004
- Demography and potential extractive use of the liana palm, Desmoncus orthacanthos Martius (Arecaeae), in southern Quintana Roo, Mexico. Forest Ecology and Management. No. 187. Pages 3-18.
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_in_southern_Quintana_Roo_Mexico/link/5b0c3ef40f7e9b1ed7fbaaf8/download
- 1937
- The vegetation of Petén, with and Appendix, studies of Mexican and central American plants. Vol. I. Carneige Institute of Washington.
- 1999
- Studies on the potential uses of some native palms of the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) as substitutes of rattan. Proc. Of the 2nd Int. Symp. On ornamental palms and other monocots from the tropics. Acta Hort. 486. Pages 1-6.
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_some_native_palms_of_the_Yucatan_Peninsula_Mexico_as_substitutes_of_Rattan
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- 1992
- The ethnobotany and economic botany of tropical vines. Cambridge University Press. Pages 427-476.
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- 2008
- Stem anatomical characteristics of the climbing palm Desmoncus orthacanthos (Arecaceae) under two natural growth conditions in a tropical forest. Rev. biol. Trop. Vol. 56, No. 2.
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- 1940
- Plantae Mexicanae V. Desmoncus chinantlensis and its utilization in native basketry. Bot. Mus. Leafl. Vol. 8, No. 7. Pages 134-140.
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Suggested webpages with photos and information on Desmoncus orthacanthos
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-60404?ref=tpl1
Synonyms.
http://panamasilvestre.blogspot.com/2011/05/desmoncus-orthacanthos-arecaceae.html
Information and photos of the fruits.
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Desmoncus+orthacanthos
Information and photos.
www.tropicos.org/Name/2401137?tab=acceptednames&langid=66
Information.
http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/biodiversity/bci/species/18137/
Information and photos.
Updated, August 2019.
First posted, August, 2018
Bibliography prepared by Marcella Sarti, FLAAR Mesoamerica