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.[4] 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.[5]
Speciesedit
Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl. - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, northern and western Brazil (States of Amazonas, Amapá, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima)
socratea, genus, five, species, palms, found, tropical, central, america, south, america, exorrhiza, stilt, rootsscientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, monocotsclade, commelinidsorder, arecalesfamily, arecaceaesu. Socratea is a genus of five species of palms found in tropical Central America and South America 1 2 3 SocrateaSocratea exorrhiza stilt rootsScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsClade CommelinidsOrder ArecalesFamily ArecaceaeSubfamily ArecoideaeTribe IriarteeaeGenus SocrateaH Karst Synonyms 1 Metasocratea DugandIt 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 4 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 5 Species editSocratea exorrhiza Mart H Wendl Costa Rica Nicaragua Panama Colombia Venezuela the Guianas Peru Ecuador Bolivia northern and western Brazil States of Amazonas Amapa Mato Grosso Para Rondonia Roraima Socratea hecatonandra Dugand R Bernal Colombia Ecuador Socratea montana R Bernal amp A J Hend Colombia Ecuador Socratea rostrata Burret Peru Colombia Ecuador Socratea salazarii H E Moore Peru Bolivia western Brazil State of Acre References edit a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Govaerts R amp Dransfield J 2005 World Checklist of Palms 1 223 The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Henderson A 1990 Arecaceae Part I Introduction and the Iriarteinae Flora Neotropica Monograph 53 1 100 Can Walking Palm Trees Really Walk At Live Science Henderson Andrew May 2 1990 Arecaceae Part 1 Flora Neotropica 53 84 External links edithttp www bbc com travel story 20151207 ecuadors mysterious walking trees nbsp This palm related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Socratea amp oldid 1184805704, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
