Bactris

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
iBactris
Bactris gasipaes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bactris
Jacq.
Species

See text.

Bactris is a genus of about 240 species in the palm family Arecaceae, native to Central and South America and the Caribbean. They are trees growing to 4-20 m tall. The leaves are up to 5 m long, and pinnate with numerous leaflets. The fruit is a drupe 2-6 cm long, edible in some species.

Selected species
  • Bactris acanthocarpa
  • Bactris bifida
  • Bactris brogniartii
  • Bactris cruegeriana
  • Bactris cubensis
  • Bactris ferruginea
  • Bactris gasipaes (Pupunha)
  • Bactris guineensis
  • Bactris glandulosa
  • Bactris glaucescens
  • Bactris gracilior
  • Bactris grayumi
  • Bactris hirta
  • Bactris jamaicana
  • Bactris major
  • Bactris mexicana
  • Bactris militaris
  • Bactris pilosa
  • Bactris plumeriana
  • Bactris setosa
  • Bactris simplicifrons
  • Bactris wendlandiana
This tree-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../b/a/c/Bactris.html"
In other languages