Arecaceae
Bactris
Bactris maraja

Bactris maraja var. maraja

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Lorenzi, H., Noblick, L.R., Kahn, F. & Ferreira, E. (2010). Brazilian Flora Arecaceae (Palms): 1-268. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora LTDA, São Paulo, Brazil.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador
  • Henderson, A.J., Bactris (Palmae) in Flora Neotropica Monographs 79. 2000

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lorenzi, H., Noblick, L.R., Kahn, F. & Ferreira, E. (2010). Brazilian Flora Arecaceae (Palms): 1-268. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora LTDA, São Paulo, Brazil.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1995 Trail, J.W.H. [1107] Brazil K000584847 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Trail, J.W.H. [1107] Brazil K000584845 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Trail, J.W.H. [1107] Brazil K000584846 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Trail, J.W.H. [833] Brazil K000584833 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Trail, J.W.H. [833] Brazil K000584832 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Trail, J.W.H. [1118] Brazil K000584839 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Trail, J.W.H. [1117] Brazil K000584840 Type Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [835] Brazil K000584835 Type Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [835] Brazil K000584834 Holotype Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [859] Brazil K000527408 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [859] Brazil K000527409 Yes
Prestoe [s.n.] K000520345 No
Trail, J.W.H. [834] Brazil K000584837 Holotype Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [834] Brazil K000584838 Type Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [834] Brazil K000584836 Type Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [838] Brazil K000584842 Holotype Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [838] Brazil K000584841 Holotype Yes
Brazil Bactris maraja subsp. sobralensis K:SPC-70000.551 No
Smith, A.C. [3181] Guyana Bactris monticola K000574531 Holotype Yes
Smith, A.C. [3181] Guyana Bactris monticola K000574533 Type Yes
Smith, A.C. [3181] Guyana Bactris monticola K000574530 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, A.C. [3181] Guyana Bactris monticola K000574532 Type Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0