Arecaceae

Bactris Jacq. ex Scop.

First published in Intr. Hist. Nat.: 70 (1777)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Phillipsen, M.; Bessa, M.A.; Piva, J.H. [933] Brazil K000652784 Yes
Apr 14, 2005 Diaz, W.; Sandoval, D.; Redden, K.; Williams, R.; Leon, O. [7488] Venezuela K000526376 No
Jan 1, 2005 de Granville, J.J.; Crozier, F.; Vanderplank, J. [16806] French Guiana K000462803 No
Jan 1, 1990 de Granville, J.J. [5000A] French Guiana K000462570 No
Jan 1, 1988 Smith, A.C. [2533] Guyana K000526413 Type Yes
Harrison, S.G.; Persaud, R. [1146] Guyana K:SPC-01288.000 No
Sutton Hayes Esq. [s.n.] Guatemala K001195105 No
New Collector [1907] Colombia K001195116 No
Milliken, W.; Lucas, E.; Nic Lughadha, E.; Merces, F.; Zappi, D.C.; Santos, C.J. [5091] Brazil K000527489 Yes
Sagot [587] French Guiana K000526411 Type Yes
Im Thurn, E.F. [14] Guyana K001195112 No
Pennington, R.T.; Kerr, B.; Allicock, B. [365] Guyana K:SPC-59246.000 No
Harley, R.M. [18347] Brazil K:SPC-43321.000 No
Prestoe [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K001195110 No
Im Thurn, E.F. [16] Guyana K001195114 No
Anonymous; Squires, R.W. [412] Venezuela K000527427 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0