Bactris plumeriana

Bactris plumeriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bactris
Species: B. plumeriana
Binomial name
Bactris plumeriana
Mart.

Bactris plumeriana is a species of palm endemic to Hispaniola.

According to Salzman and Judd B. plumeriana forms a clade with B. cubensis and B. jamaicana, the other Greater Antillean Bactris species.

References

Salzman V.T. and W.S. Judd. 1995. A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae). Brittonia 47 (4): 345–371.

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