Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Carludovica palmata
paja toquilla,iraca, alagua, bombonaje, Panama hat plant, carludovica palm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyclantales
Family
Cyclanthaceae
Genus
Carludovica
Species
palmata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Carludovica gigantea Kuntze
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1972
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
- Flores, E. (1985) Censo de Plantas Introducidas desde el Canal de Itabaca hasta Puerto Ayora. Tesis de Ingeniero Forestal, Univ. Técnica Luis Vargas Torres, Esmeraldas: 1-132.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Harling, G. (1958) Monograph of the Cyclanthaceae. Acta Horti Berg. 18: 1–428.
- Harling, G. (1973) 216. Cyclanthaceae. Flora del Ecuador 1: 1–48.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Carludovica palmata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=876. Accessed 3 November 2026.