Bactris jamaicana

Bactris jamaicana
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bactris
Species: B. jamaicana
Binomial name
Bactris jamaicana
L.H. Bailey

Bactris jamaicana is a species of palm endemic to Jamaica.

According to Salzman and Judd B. jamaicana forms a clade with B. plumeriana and B. cubensis, the other Greater Antillean Bactris species.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bactris jamaicana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1998. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38429. Retrieved November 15, 2007. 
  2. ^ Salzman V.T. and W.S. Judd. 1995. A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae). Brittonia 47 (4): 345–371.