Bactris campestris

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Bactris campestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bactris
Species: B. campestris
Binomial name
Bactris campestris
Poepp.
Synonyms

Bactris leptocarpa Trail ex Thurn
Bactris savannarum Britton
Bactris lanceolata Burret[1]

Bactris campestris is a small (1-5 m tall) spiny palm found in Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil[2]; Govaerts also reports it from Colombia[1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Bactris campestris. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  2. ^ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.