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Bactris major

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Internal ID UUID643feca0706c3850459774
Scientific name Bactris major
Authority Jacq.
First published in Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. , ed. 2: 134 (1781)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pyrenoglyphis major H.Karst. Fl. Columb. 2: 141 (1869)
Augustinea major H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 395 (1857)
Bactris ovata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 394 (1812)
Pyrenoglyphis cruegeriana (Griseb.) Burret Fl. Columb. (H. Karst.) ii. 141. t. 142 (1869), in obs.

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Language Common/alternative name
English peach palm
English lata palm
Spanish augustinea major
Spanish bactris ovata
Spanish pyrenoglyphis major
Chinese 大桃果椰子
Chinese 大美人棕

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Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude Fl. Bras. 3(2): 54 (1881)
Bactris major var. major Unknown
Bactris major var. socialis (Mart.) Drude Fl. Bras. 3(2): 359 (1881)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000308169
Tropicos 2400899
INPN 629138
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664668-1
The Plant List kew-18943
Open Tree Of Life 563344
NCBI Taxonomy 341993
IUCN Red List 55947862
IPNI 664668-1
iNaturalist 207046
GBIF 2733004
Freebase /m/02y_8qn
EPPO BCTMA
EOL 1130817
USDA GRIN 6255
Wikipedia Bactris_major

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Scientific Literature Top

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Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis): Antiallergic Agent or Hidden Allergen? A Literature Review Gromek W, Kołdej N, Kurowski M, Majsiak E Foods 29-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11012157
doi:10.3390/foods13071052
PMID:38611357
Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) Goldsborough Z, Crofoot MC, Alavi SE, Del Rosario-Vargas E, Garza SF, Tiedeman K, Barrett BJ R Soc Open Sci 20-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10509577
doi:10.1098/rsos.230355
PMID:37736530
Eighty-four per cent of all Amazonian arboreal plant individuals are useful to humans Coelho SD, Levis C, Baccaro FB, Figueiredo FO, Pinassi Antunes A, ter Steege H, Peña-Claros M, Clement CR, Schietti J PLoS One 01-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8486103
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257875
PMID:34597306
Inundation and Fire Shape the Structure of Riparian Forests in the Pantanal, Brazil Arruda WD, Oldeland J, Paranhos Filho AC, Pott A, Cunha NL, Ishii IH, Damasceno-Junior GA PLoS One 09-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4900580
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156825
PMID:27280879
Knowledge and use of wild edible plants in rural communities along Paraguay River, Pantanal, Brazil Bortolotto IM, Amorozo MC, Neto GG, Oldeland J, Damasceno-Junior GA J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4469002
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0026-2
PMID:26025294
The Glocal Forest Seri E, Shtilerman E, Shnerb NM PLoS One 08-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4425529
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126117
PMID:25955587
Exploring indigenous landscape classification across different dimensions: a case study from the Bolivian Amazon Riu-Bosoms C, Vidal-Amat T, Duane A, Fernandez-Llamazares A, Guèze M, Luz AC, Macía MJ, Paneque-Gálvez J, Reyes-García V Landsc Res 01-Jan-2015
PMCID:PMC4374147
doi:10.1080/01426397.2013.829810
PMID:25821282
The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) Staines CL, García-Robledo C Zookeys 22-Aug-2014
PMCID:PMC4155720
doi:10.3897/zookeys.436.5766
PMID:25197208
Conserving Tropical Tree Diversity and Forest Structure: The Value of Small Rainforest Patches in Moderately-Managed Landscapes Hernández-Ruedas MA, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Meave JA, Martínez-Ramos M, Ibarra-Manríquez G, Martínez E, Jamangapé G, Melo FP, Santos BA PLoS One 05-Jun-2014
PMCID:PMC4047051
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098931
PMID:24901954
Are ecologically important tree species the most useful? A case study from indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon Guèze M, Luz AC, Paneque-Gálvez J, Macía MJ, Orta-Martínez M, Pino J, Reyes-García V Econ Bot 01-Mar-2014
PMCID:PMC4471144
doi:10.1007/s12231-014-9257-8
PMID:26097243
Batrachedra nuciferae, an Inflorescence-Feeding Moth Associated with Coconut, Cocos nucifera, and Palmiste, Roystonea oleracea, in Trinidad, West Indies Cock MJ J Insect Sci 05-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC4014044
doi:10.1673/031.013.12401
PMID:24786569
Cryptic species within cryptic moths: new species of Dunama Schaus (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) in Costa Rica Chacón IA, Janzen DH, Hallwachs W, J. Bolling Sullivan, Hajibabaei M Zookeys 06-Feb-2013
PMCID:PMC3668374
doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4440
PMID:23730176
Hispines (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica Staines CL Zookeys 21-Dec-2011
PMCID:PMC3253642
doi:10.3897/zookeys.157.1338
PMID:22303103
Twenty-five years of progress in understanding pollination mechanisms in palms (Arecaceae) Barfod AS, Hagen M, Borchsenius F Ann Bot 09-Aug-2011
PMCID:PMC3219497
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr192
PMID:21831852
Phylogenetic utility of the nuclear genes AGAMOUS 1 and PHYTOCHROME B in palms (Arecaceae): an example within Bactridinae Ludeña B, Chabrillange N, Aberlenc-Bertossi F, Adam H, Tregear JW, Pintaud JC Ann Bot 09-Aug-2011
PMCID:PMC3219496
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr191
PMID:21828068

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