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Bactris major (Prickly palm)

Synonyms: Augustinea major (homotypic); Bactris ottostaffeana; Bactris ovata (heterotypic); Pyrenoglyphis major (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Bactris major is a small to medium sized (1–10 m tall) spiny palm which ranges from Mexico, through Central America into northern South America and Trinidad. The species is divided into three or four varieties, although the boundaries between varieties is not always clearly defined. The fruits are eaten or used to flavour drinks.
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Infraspecies

Bactris major var. infesta
Bactris major var. major
Bactris major var. socialis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Structure [3]  Tree
Height [2]  33 feet (10 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carara National Park II 12983 Costa Rica  
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  

Predators

Brassolis sophorae[4]
Opsiphanes invirae (Butterfly)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0