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Taxon:
Bactris guineensis
(L.) H. E. Moore
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Bactris
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Cocoseae
Subtribe:
Bactridinae
Nomen number:
102806
Place of publication:
Gentes Herbarum 9:251. 1963
Verified:
05/02/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cocos guineensis
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bactris minor
Jacq.
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Reference(s)
Glassman, S. F.
1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
Henderson, A.
2000.
Bactris
(Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 79:84.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield.
1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. 523.
Common names
English
prickly-pole –
Reference(s)
Tobago cane –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
Guanacaste
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
Puntarenas
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
Chontales
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
Granada
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
Coclé
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
Los Santos
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
Panamá
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Bolivar
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Cojedes
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Guarico
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Monagas
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Portuguesa
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Zulia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Atlántico
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Bolívar
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Córdoba
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
La Guajira
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Magdalena
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Sucre
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
[Guanacaste, Puntarenas],
Nicaragua
[Chontales, Granada],
Panama
[Coclé, Los Santos, Panamá]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
[Bolivar, Zulia, Cojedes, Guarico, Monagas, Portuguesa]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
[Atlántico, Bolívar, Córdoba, Magdalena, Sucre, La Guajira]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
when young
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Name
References