''Socratea'' is a
genus of five
species of
palms found in
tropical Central America and South America.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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It is commonly believed that ''Socratea'' can move away from where it germinated by growing roots on one side and abandoning them on the other. Attempts to detect this behavior have failed. What is known for a fact is that these roots can, in the case of S. montana, grow to a length of 16.5 feet (five meters) and up to three inches (eight cm) in diameter.Socratea hecatonandra
''Socratea'' is a genus of five species of palms found in tropical Central America and South America.
It is commonly believed that ''Socratea'' can move away from where it germinated by growing roots on one side and abandoning them on the other ...
'' (Dugand) R.Bernal - Colombia, Ecuador
* ''Socratea montana
''Socratea'' is a genus of five species of palms found in tropical Central America and South America.
It is commonly believed that ''Socratea'' can move away from where it germinated by growing roots on one side and abandoning them on the other ...
'' R.Bernal & A.J.Hend. - Colombia, Ecuador
* ''Socratea rostrata
''Socratea'' is a genus of five species of palms found in tropical Central America and South America.
It is commonly believed that ''Socratea'' can move away from where it germinated by growing roots on one side and abandoning them on the other ...
'' Burret - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
* ''Socratea salazarii
''Socratea'' is a genus of five species of palms found in tropical Central America and South America.
It is commonly believed that ''Socratea'' can move away from where it germinated by growing roots on one side and abandoning them on the other ...
'' H.E.Moore - Peru, Bolivia, western Brazil (State of Acre)
References
External links
* http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151207-ecuadors-mysterious-walking-trees
Arecaceae genera
Iriarteeae
Neotropical realm flora
Taxa named by Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
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