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Bactris major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
(unranked):	Angiosperms;
(unranked):	Monocots;
(unranked):	Commelinids;
Order:	Arecales;
Family:	Arecaceae;
Genus:	Bactris;
Species:	B. major;
Binomial name
	Bactris major; Jacq.
Synonyms
	Bactris ovata Stokes (nom. illeg.); Augustinea major (Jacq.) H.Karst.; Pyrenoglyphis major (Jacq.) H.Karst.; (of Bactris major) Bactris chaetorhachis Mart.; Bactris minax Miq.; Augustinea balanoidea Oerst.; Augustinea ovata Oerst.; Bactris cruegeriana Griseb.; Pyrenoglyphis balanoidea (Oerst.) H.Karst.; Pyrenoglyphis ovata (Oerst.) H.Karst.; Bactris balanoidea (Oerst.) H.Wendl.; Bactris ovata (Oerst.) H.Wendl. (nom. illeg.); Bactris megalocarpa Trail ex Thurn; Bactris ottostapfiana Barb.Rodr.; Bactris augustinea L.H.Bailey; Bactris superior L.H.Bailey; Pyrenoglyphis chaetorhachis (Mart.) Burret; Pyrenoglyphis ottostapfiana (Barb.Rodr.) Burret; Pyrenoglyphis superior (L.H.Bailey) Burret; Bactris albonotata L.H.Bailey; Bactris beata L.H.Bailey; Bactris broadwayi L.H.Bailey; Bactris cateri L.H.Bailey; Bactris ellipsoidalis L.H.Bailey; Bactris obovoidea L.H.Bailey; Bactris planifolia L.H.Bailey; Bactris swabeyi L.H.Bailey; Bactris demerarana L.H.Bailey; Pyrenoglyphis cruegeriana (Griseb.) H.Karst.; Bactris major var. megalocarpa (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend.; (of Bactris major var. major) Bactris infesta Mart.; Pyrenoglyphis infesta (Mart.) Burret; Bactris exaltata Barb.Rodr.; Bactris nemorosa Barb.Rodr.; Bactris socialis subsp. curuena Trail; Bactris socialis subsp. gaviona Trail; Bactris curuena (Trail) Trail ex Drude; Bactris gaviona (Trail) Trail ex Drude; Bactris chapadensis Barb.Rodr.; Bactris major var. mattogrossensis Kuntze; Bactris mattogrossensis Barb.Rodr.; Pyrenoglyphis chapadensis (Barb.Rodr.) Burret; Pyrenoglyphis curuena (Trail) Burret; Pyrenoglyphis exaltata (Barb.Rodr.) Burret; Pyrenoglyphis gaviona (Trail) Burret; Pyrenoglyphis mattogrossensis (Barb.Rodr.) Burret; Pyrenoglyphis nemorosa (Barb.Rodr.) Burret; (of Bactris major var. infesta) Bactris socialis Mart.; Pyrenoglyphis socialis (Mart.) Burret; (of Bactris major var. socialis)

Bactris major is a small to medium sized (1-10 m tall) spiny palm which ranges from Mexico, through Central America into northern South America and Trinidad.^[5]^[1] The species is divided into three^[1] or four^[5] varieties, although the boundaries between varieties is not always clearly defined.^[5]

The fruits are eaten or used to flavour drinks.^[5]

[edit] Varieties

Rafaël Govaerts recognised three varieties:

Bactris major var. major^[2]
Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude^[3]
Bactris major var. socialis (Mart.) Drude^[4]

Andrew Henderson and co-authors recognised a fourth variety, Bactris major var. megalocarpa (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend.,^[5] but Govaerts considered this to be a synonym of Bactris major var. major.^[6]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bactris major". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18943&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=18943&status=true. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
^ ^a ^b "Bactris major var. major". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18945&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=18945&status=true. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
^ ^a ^b "Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18944&repSynonym_id=18905&name_id=18944&status=true. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
^ ^a ^b "Bactris major var. socialis (Mart.) Drude". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18947&repSynonym_id=19065&name_id=18947&status=true. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
^ "Bactris major var. megalocarpa (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18945&repSynonym_id=18962&name_id=18946&status=false. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

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[Kew-0] "Bactris major". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18943&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=18943&status=true. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

[var1-1] "Bactris major var. major". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18945&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=18945&status=true. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

[var2-2] "Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18944&repSynonym_id=18905&name_id=18944&status=true. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

[var3-3] "Bactris major var. socialis (Mart.) Drude". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18947&repSynonym_id=19065&name_id=18947&status=true. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

[Henderson-4] Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.

[5] "Bactris major var. megalocarpa (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18945&repSynonym_id=18962&name_id=18946&status=false. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

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