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Bactris setulosa

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Wikipedia Abstract

Bactris setulosa (syn. Bactris cuvaro H.Karst., Bactris cuesa Crueg. ex Griseb., Bactris falcata J.R.Johnst., Bactris sworderiana Becc., Bactris kalbreyeri Burret, Bactris circularis L.H.Bailey, Bactris bergantina Steyerm.) is a medium-sized (5–10 m tall, 6–10 cm in diameter) spiny palm which is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. It is one of the largest species of Bactris and is found at the highest elevations.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Height [2]  33 feet (10 m)

Predators

Cephalopterus penduliger (Long-wattled Umbrellabird)[4]
Steatornis caripensis (Oilbird)[5]

External References

Citations

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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
4Mating Behavior Drives Seed Dispersal by the Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger, Jordan Karubian, Renata Duraes, Jenny L. Storey, and Thomas B. Smith, BIOTROPICA 44(5): 689–698 2012
5THE DIET OF THE OILBIRD IN VENEZUELA, Carlos Bosque, Rudyard Ramírez & Domingo Rodríguez, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 6: 67-80, 1995
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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