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Bactris

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Bactris

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Bactris is a genus of spiny palms which are native to Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean. Most species are small trees about tall, but some are large trees while others are shrubs with subterranean stems. They have simple or pinnately compound leaves and yellow, orange, red or purple-black fruit. The genus is most closely related to several other spiny palms—Acrocomia, Aiphanes, Astrocaryum and Desmoncus. The fruit of several species is edible, most notably B. gasipaes, while others are used medicinally or for construction.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderArecales
  5. FamilyArecaceae
Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador
Observations recorded87,618

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,233
With media
419
Family
Arecaceae
Collections
YPM, IBUNAM, US, INECOL, NY
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Belice, Brazil, Peru
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cocoseae
Image
Pupunha (Bactris gasipaes) 11.jpg
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taxon common name
Persikkapalmut
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1219
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Bactris
taxon name
Bactris
topic's main category
Category:Bactris
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Bactris Jacq., 1777 è un genere di palme della tribù Cocoseae, diffuso nell'ecozona neotropicale.

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