List of Aiphanes species
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Aiphanes
Aiphanes is a genus of spiny palms which is native to tropical regions of South and Central America and the Caribbean. There are about 26 species in the genus, ranging in size from understorey shrubs with subterranean stems to subcanopy trees as much as tall...

 species, a genus in the Arecaceae
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...

, the palm family. Names in green are accepted species, while those in red are not.
Species Taxonomic status Range Conservation status
taxonomic synonym
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...

 of A. minima
accepted name Western Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

syn. of A. horrida
accepted name Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

syn. of A. horrida
accepted name Ecuador
syn. of A. macroloba
syn. of A. lindeniana
syn. of A. minima
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syn. of Martinezia disticha, a nomen nudum
Nomen nudum
The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...

Linden applied the name to a juvenile plant, but produced no description or diagnostic characters.
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syn. of A. linearis
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syn. of A. horrida
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syn. of A. horrida
syn. of A. minima
syn. of A. hirsuta subsp. fosteriorum
syn. of A. hirsuta subsp. hirsuta
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syn. of A. weberbaueri
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accepted name Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

; cultivated throughout the tropics
syn. of A. hirsuta subsp. kalbreyeri
syn. of A. horrida
unplaced nameThe name A. leiospatha was based on an inflorescence of an unknown species, probably A. hirsuta subsp. hirsuta, together with the leaf of a different species.
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syn. of A. minima
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syn. of A. macroloba
syn. of A. horrida
syn. of A. minima
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syn. of A. horrida
syn. of Prestoea acuminata var. acuminata.
syn. of A. ulei
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syn. of A. weberbaueri
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syn. of A. horrida
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syn. of A. minima
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