Bactris major

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Vernacular names

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English: Lata Palm
 
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