Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. Rondonia: Principe da Beira, s.d., A. d'Orbigny 14 (holotype, P; isotype, M; F neg. 18631).

  • Synonyms

    Bactris socialis subsp. gaviona Trail, Bactris gaviona (Trail) Trail ex Drude, Bactris socialis subsp. curuena Trail, Bactris curuena (Trail) Trail ex Drude, Bactris exaltata Barb.Rodr., Pyrenoglyphis exaltata (Barb.Rodr.) Burret, Bactris nemorosa Barb.Rodr., Pyrenoglyphis nemorosa (Barb.Rodr.) Burret, Pyrenoglyphis hoppii Burret, Bactris mattogrossensis Barb.Rodr., Bactris chapadensis Barb.Rodr., Pyrenoglyphis infesta (Mart.) Burret, Pyrenoglyphis gaviona (Trail) Burret, Pyrenoglyphis curuena (Trail) Burret, Bactris hoppii Burret, Bactris pyrenoglyphoides A.D.Hawkes, Pyrenoglyphis mattogrossensis (Barb.Rodr.) Burret, Pyrenoglyphis chapadensis (Barb.Rodr.) Burret

  • Description

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    Variety Description - Leaves 3-7; pinnae 24-42 per side, more or less regularly arranged, occasionally clustered, spreading in the same plane. Inflorescences interfoliar; peduncular bract 27-40 cm long, sparsely covered with black spines to 1 cm long; rachillae 1-7, 9-15 cm long; pistillate flowers and fruits usually without a "staminodial ring" between the calyx and corolla; fruits 1.5-3 × 1-2 cm, obovoid or ellipsoid, brown or purple-black, with minute spinules or small brown scales.

  • Common Names

    marajá, pir'a-hu

  • Objects

    Specimen - 00755457, M. Pinard 846, Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Acre, Xapuri Mun.

    Specimen - 01137808, A. J. Henderson 1524, Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amapá, Macapá Mun.

    Specimen - 01137804, R. Pardini 58, Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Amazonas

    Specimen - 00194180, W. L. Balée 3545, Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Maranhão, Monçao Mun.

    Specimen - 01137809, T. C. Plowman 8656, Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará, Conceição do Araguaia Mun.

    Specimen - 01137810, J. J. Strudwick 4680, Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará

    Specimen - 01137806, M. H. Nee 34953, Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Rondônia, Porto Velho Mun.

    Specimen - 01137805, A. O. Scariot 240, Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim Mun.

  • Distribution

    Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador (Sucumbios), Peru (Loreto, San Martin), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará, Rondônia), and Bolivia (Pando, Santa Cruz) (Fig. 45B); lowland rain forest on nonflooded soils, at 140-400 m elevation.

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