Bactris acanthocarpa var. exscapa Barb.Rodr.

Authority

Henderson, A. 2000. (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 79: 1-181. (Published by NYBG Press)

Family

Arecaceae

Scientific Name

Bactris acanthocarpa var. exscapa Barb.Rodr.

Type

Type. Brazil. Pará: Rio Trombetas, s.d., J. Barbosa Rodrigues 234 (destroyed). Brazil. Pará: Mun. Marabá, 53 km W of city, 5° 46' S, 49° 14' W, 50-100 m, 13 Oct 1994, L. Noblick 5012 (neotype, here designated, NY; isoneotypes, FTG, K).

Synonyms

Astrocaryum humile Wallace, Bactris interruptepinnata Barb.Rodr., Bactris acanthocarpa var. crispata Drude, Bactris aculeifera Drude, Bactris tarumanensis Barb.Rodr., Bactris fragae Lindm., Bactris pinnatisecta Burret, Bactris macrocalyx Burret, Bactris microcalyx Burret, Bactris leptochaete Burret, Bactris devia H.E.Moore, Bactris exscapa (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., Bactris humilis (Wallace) Burret

Description

Variety Description - Leaves 5-15; leaf spines to 6(-15) cm long, few to many on sheath, petiole, and rachis; sheath 25-50 cm long; petiole 0.6-1.7 m long; rachis 1-3.1 m long; pinnae (3-)22-33 per side, irregularly arranged in clusters of 2-4, spreading in slightly different planes, linear-lanceolate, rarely to almost sigmoid, long acuminate; middle pinnae 45-60 × 3-5.5(-7) cm. Inflorescences interfoliar; peduncle usually not spinulose; rachillae 25-46.

Discussion

The fruits are used by the Siona in Ecuador to make necklaces (Balslev et al. 62062), and by the Chácobo of Bolivia to make a decoction for alleviation of stomachaches (Boom 4129).

Common Names

canahuaníma, dendê do urubu, kwere’i, mané velho roxo, marajá, munbaca, pupunha de mata, pupunha mança wa’ã, tucum, tucum Vermelho, bubúmemeku, Chontaduro de los peces, cui’cui, pijuayillo, cubarro

Objects

Specimen - 01137661, L. R. Noblick 5012, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará

Specimen - 54902, D. M. Henderson 906, Eremogone congesta var. glandulifera (Maguire) R.L.Hartm. & Rabeler, Caryophyllaceae (105.0), Magnoliophyta; North America, United States of America, Nevada, Humboldt Co.

Specimen - 01425939, R. H. Foster 7908, Castilleja flava S.Watson, Scrophulariaceae (288.0), Magnoliophyta; North America, United States of America, Nevada, Elko Co.

Specimen - 02384775, D. Smith 1960, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa Prov.

Pending, A. J. Henderson 1704, Bactris acanthocarpa var. intermedia A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Acre, Mâncio Lima Mun.

Specimen - 01194339, M. Pinard 843, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Acre, Xapuri Mun.

Specimen - 00710399, A. O. Scariot 561, Bactris acanthocarpa var. exscapa Barb.Rodr., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Acre, Brasiléia Mun.

Specimen - 01137667, A. J. Henderson 251, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Humaitá Mun.

Specimen - 01137659, A. J. Henderson 874, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

Specimen - 01137670, A. J. Henderson 657, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas

Specimen - 01137669, A. J. Henderson 1159, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

Specimen - 01137662, A. Vicentini 515, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas

Specimen - 01137664, A. J. Henderson 1052, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus Mun.

Specimen - 01137663, S. A. Mori 20608, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas

Specimen - 01137651, A. J. Henderson 1507, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Borba Mun.

Specimen - 01137655, A. J. Henderson 1540, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Maraã Mun.

Specimen - 01137660, A. J. Henderson 1559, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Tefé Mun.

Specimen - 01181913, A. J. Henderson 1589, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Tefé Mun.

Specimen - 01137719, A. J. Henderson 1599, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas, Tefé Mun.

Specimen - 01137656, R. Pardini 30, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas

Specimen - 00878153, W. L. Balée 679, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Maranhão, Monção Mun.

Specimen - 00194646, W. L. Balée 3355, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Maranhão, Monçao Mun.

Specimen - 00194645, W. L. Balée 3546, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Maranhão, Monçao Mun.

Specimen - 00878154, W. W. Thomas 4080, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Mato Grosso, Alta Floresta Mun.

Specimen - 01137658, D. C. Daly 1695, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará

Specimen - 01137654, L. R. Noblick 5009, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará

Specimen - 01137646, G. T. Prance 1347, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará

Specimen - 01137666, C. R. Sperling 5802, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará

Specimen - 01137668, M. H. Nee 34801, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim Mun.

Specimen - 01137653, A. J. Henderson 671, Bactris acanthocarpa var. humilis (Wallace) A.J.Hend., Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas

Distribution

Common and widesprea in Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupés), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar), Guyana, Ecuador (Sucumbíos), Peru (Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará, Rondônia), and Bolivia (Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz) (Fig. 6B); lowland rain forest on terra firme, 90-400(-1000) m elevation.

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