{{Short description|Species of palm}} {{Speciesbox |image = |genus = Euterpe |species = catinga |authority = Wallace |synonyms_ref = <ref name=wcsp/> |synonyms = *''Euterpe mollissima'' <small>Barb. Rodr.</small> *''Euterpe catinga'' var. ''aurantiaca'' <small>Drude</small> *''Euterpe caatinga'' <small>Spruce</small> *''Euterpe mollissima'' <small>Spruce</small> *''Euterpe controversa'' <small>Barb. Rodr.</small> *''Euterpe aurantiaca'' <small>H.E.Moore</small> *''Euterpe concinna'' <small>Burret</small> *''Euterpe roraimae'' <small>Dammer</small> *''Euterpe montis-duida'' <small>Burret</small> *''Euterpe ptariana'' <small>Steyerm.</small> *''Euterpe erubescens'' <small>H.E.Moore</small> }}

'''''Euterpe catinga''''' is a palm species in the genus ''Euterpe''. It is found in forests of a dry, sandy soil and very peculiar vegetation, known as catinga forests or Campinarana in northern South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil).<ref name=wcsp>{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=83051|publisher=apps.kew.org|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |accessdate=2017-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Assai|year=1905}}</ref><ref>Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref><ref>Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.</ref><ref>Lorenzi, H., Noblick, L.R., Kahn, F. & Ferreira, E. (2010). Brazilian Flora Arecaceae (Palms): 1-268. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora LTDA, São Paulo, Brazil.</ref>

Two varieties are recognized:<ref name=wcsp/>

#''Euterpe catinga'' var. ''catinga'' - Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil #''Euterpe catinga'' var. ''roraimae'' <small>(Dammer) A.J.Hend. & Galeano</small> - Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil

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catinga Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Plants described in 1853

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