Arecaceae
Bactris

Bactris simplicifrons Mart.

First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 103 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad-Tobago to S. Tropical America. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador
  • Henderson, A.J., Bactris (Palmae) in Flora Neotropica Monographs 79. 2000

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Sasaki, D.; Frisby, S.; Pena, E.M.; Henicka, G.S.; Piva, J.H. [2435] Brazil K000652774 Yes
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Soares, C.R.A.; Viana, A.; Della Colleta, R.F.L.; Piva, J.H. [84] Brazil K000652792 Yes
Jul 8, 1997 Stannard, B.L. [539] Venezuela K001447561 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Trail, J.W.H. [915] Brazil K000584920 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Trail, J.W.H. [918] Brazil K000584922 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Brazil K000584919 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Trail, J.W.H. [916] Brazil K000584921 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Trail, J.W.H. [919] Brazil K000584918 Syntype Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [914] Brazil K000584917 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [52] Brazil K000526439 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [77] Brazil K000526438 Holotype Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [940] Brazil K000584915 Holotype Yes
Bernal, R.; Galeano, G.; Restrepo, D.L.; Domicó, J.M. [1163] Colombia K001447570 Yes
Peru K001447557 Yes
Peru K001447558 Yes
Venezuela K001447559 Yes
Venezuela K001447560 Yes
Venezuela K001447561 Yes
Peru K001447562 Yes
Peru K001447563 Yes
Peru K001447564 Yes
Ecuador K001447565 Yes
Peru K001447566 Yes
Peru K001447567 Yes
Peru K001447568 Yes
Venezuela K001447569 Yes
Brazil K001447571 Yes
Colombia K001447572 Yes
Peru K001447573 Yes
Peru K001447574 Yes
Peru K001447575 Yes
Peru K001447576 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0