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Butia eriospatha (Woolly butia palm)

Synonyms: Butia punctata; Calappa eriospatha (homotypic); Cocos eriospatha (homotypic); Syagrus eriospatha (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Butia eriospatha is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is endemic to southern Brazil, in the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina.
View Wikipedia Record: Butia eriospatha

Infraspecies

Butia eriospatha eriospatha
Butia eriospatha punctata

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Butia eriospatha

Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  No
Height [1]  20 feet (6 m)
Fruit Color [1]  Yellow

Predators

Brassolis sophorae[2]
Cephrenes augiades (Orange palmdart)[2]
Opsiphanes invirae (Butterfly)[2]
Papilio fuscus (Smaller Helen swallowtail)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kissling, 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
♦ 2Jorrit 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