Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bactris major var. major [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Bactris major Jacq.
Infraspecies:: 2

Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude

Bactris major var. socialis (Mart.) Drude

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Augustinea balanoidea Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 39 (1859).
Augustinea ovata Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 38 (1859).
Bactris albonotata L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 396 (1947).
Bactris augustinea L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 3: 95 (1933).
Bactris balanoidea (Oerst.) H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 233 (1878).
Bactris beata L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 399 (1947).
Bactris broadwayi L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 388 (1947).
Bactris cateri L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 396 (1947).
Bactris chaetorhachis Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 61 (1844).
Bactris cruegeriana Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 520 (1864).
Bactris demerarana L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 8: 162 (1949).
Bactris ellipsoidalis L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 389 (1947).
Bactris major var. megalocarpa (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend. Palms Amazon: 203 (1995).
Bactris megalocarpa Trail ex Thurn Timehri 1: 242 (1882).
Bactris minax Miq. Verh. Nat. Wet. Haarlem 7: 207 (1851).
Bactris obovoidea L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 392 (1947).
Bactris ottostapfiana Barb.Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 112 (1907).
Bactris ovata (Oerst.) H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 234 (1878), nom. illeg.
Bactris planifolia L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 392 (1947).
Bactris subglobosa Lindl. ex Schaedtler Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 31: 68 (1875).
Bactris superior L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 3: 99 (1933).
Bactris swabeyi L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 399 (1947).
Palma zagueneti Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 976 (1775), no diagnostic descr.
Pyrenoglyphis balanoidea (Oerst.) H.Karst. Fl. Columb. 2: 141 (1869).
Pyrenoglyphis chaetorhachis (Mart.) Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 245 (1934).
Pyrenoglyphis cruegeriana (Griseb.) H.Karst. Fl. Columb. 2: 141 (1969).
Pyrenoglyphis ottostapfiana (Barb.Rodr.) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 158 (1934).
Pyrenoglyphis ovata (Oerst.) H.Karst. Fl. Columb. 2: 142 (1869).
Pyrenoglyphis superior (L.H.Bailey) Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 246 (1934).

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