Bactris major

Bactris major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arecales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Cocoseae
Subtribus: Bactridinae
Genus: Bactris
Species: Bactris major
Varietas: B. m. var. infesta – B. m. var. major – B. m. var. socialis

Name

Bactris major Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., ed. 2: 134 (1781)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bactris ovata Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 394 (1812), nom. illeg.
  • Augustinea major (Jacq.) H.Karst., Linnaea 28: 395 (1857)
  • Pyrenoglyphis major (Jacq.) H.Karst., Fl. Columb. 2: 141 (1869)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Belize; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Nicaragua; Panam; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Jacquin, N.J.v. (1780) Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia in qua ad Linnaeanum Systema Determinatae... 280. 1763 (ed. 2:134.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Bactris major in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Bactris major. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 05 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Bactris major in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 05.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Bactris major. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Dec. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Lata Palm

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