Geonoma macrostachysMart.

WFO wfo-0000972193 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Geonoma macrostachys, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. a Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / 2015-07-14 / obs. 74321940
Geonoma macrostachys, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. b Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73957256
Geonoma macrostachys, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. c Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73976229

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Geonoma macrostachys is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthColombiaEcuadorPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Geonoma macrostachys, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Geonoma acaulis Mart.
  • Geonoma acaulis subsp. tapajotensis Trail
  • Geonoma atrovirens Borchs. & Balslev
  • Geonoma ecuadoriensis A.J.Hend., Borchs. & Balslev
  • Geonoma macrostachys var. acaulis (Mart.) Skov
  • Geonoma macrostachys var. acaulis (Mart.) Skov ex A.J.Hend.
  • Geonoma macrostachys var. macrostachys
  • Geonoma supracostata Svenning
  • Geonoma tamandua Trail
  • Geonoma tapajotensis Trail
  • Geonoma tapajotensis (Trail) Drude
  • Geonoma woronowii Burret
  • Taenianthera acaulis (Mart.) Burret
  • Taenianthera gracilis Burret
  • Taenianthera macrostachys (Mart.) Burret
  • Taenianthera minor Burret
  • Taenianthera oligosticha Burret
  • Taenianthera tamandua (Trail) Burret
  • Taenianthera tapajotensis (Trail) Burret

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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