Biology:Bactris plumeriana

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Short description: Species of palm

Bactris plumeriana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: 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.

Taxonomy

According to Salzman and Judd B. plumeriana forms a clade with B. cubensis and B. jamaicana, the other Greater Antillean Bactris species.[1]

References

  1. Salzman, Virginia T.; Judd, Walter S. (1995). "A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae)". Brittonia 47 (4): 345–371. doi:10.2307/2807563. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4840059 entry