These islands include trees such as Attalea phalerata, Ceiba spp. From Wordnik.com. [Beni savanna] Reference
In dryer sectors, piaçaba palm-tree Attalea funifera is frequent and lianas become more abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Brazil] Reference
Arboreal palms have a strong presence in the forests including Attalea phalerata, Astrocaryum murumuru var. macrocalyx, and Syagrus sancona. From Wordnik.com. [Beni savanna] Reference
Two interesting elements appear in these forests: liana forests and babaçu palm (Attalea speciosa)/Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) forests. From Wordnik.com. [Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests] Reference
In areas to the west, higher trees of jatobá Hymeneae sp., ipês amarelo e roxo Tabebuia sp. and taperabá Spondias sp., and the acurí palm Attalea sp are found. From Wordnik.com. [Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
Palm groves are dominated by Astrocaryum murumuru, A. jauari, the endemic Bactris tefensis, Mauritia flexuosa, Attalea sp. and the wetland cabbage palm Euterpe oleracea. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
The most striking feature of the region are the extensive high-density stands of the economically important oil palm babaçu (Attalea speciosa, formerly Orbignya phalerata). From Wordnik.com. [Maranhão Babaçu forests] Reference
The second type of special forest comprises stands of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) and babaçu palm (Attalea speciosa) which occur together or alternately dominating different locales in the eastern portion of this region. From Wordnik.com. [Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests] Reference
The most notable bird of the Llanos de Moxos is the endangered blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis), a forest island specialist that feeds primarily on the fruits of Attalea and Acrocomia palms and which occurs nowhere else on Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Beni savanna] Reference
Dispersed in the grasslands are trees of Crecentia cujete, Ceiba pentandra, Lecythis minor, Ochroma pyramidale, Prosopis juliflora, Cavanillesia platanifolia and palms trees of Sabal mauritiiformis, Acrocomia aculeate, Attalea butyracea and several Bactris spp. From Wordnik.com. [Sinú Valley dry forests] Reference
Magistratos nia Atiae, ant qai certanuna Attalea mtcn - • - i. •v: i. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel ..] Reference
For example, the palms were much more abundant than I had generally found them in the East, more generally mingled with the other vegetation, more varied in form and aspect, and presenting some of those lofty and majestic smooth-stemmed, pinnate-leaved species which recall the Uauassu (Attalea speciosa) of the Amazon, but which I had hitherto rarely met with in the Malayan islands. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
A tree, "Attalea Princeps," that reminds one somewhat of Bjornson. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Russian Novelists] Reference
Attalea (Attalea palm). From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
"Night," "Attalea Princeps," and "That Which Never Happened.". From Wordnik.com. [A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections] Reference
"Krasnyj cvietok" (The Red Flower), "Attalea princeps", "Vstrietcha". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
Semi-deciduous woodland includes Attalea maracaibensis, Bombacopsis quinata, Ceiba pentandra, Cordia sp. From Wordnik.com. [Apure-Villavicencio dry forests] Reference
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