Bactris hirta var. spruceana A.J.Hend.

  • Authority

    Henderson, A. 2000. (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 79: 1-181. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bactris hirta var. spruceana A.J.Hend.

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. Para: Belem, 27 Feb 1875, J. Trail 872/ CCXXII (holotype, K; isotypes, BM, NY, P).

  • Synonyms

    Bactris pectinata Mart., Bactris longipes Poepp., Bactris integrifolia Wallace, Bactris turbinata Spruce, Bactris pectinata subsp. turbinata (Spruce) Trail, Bactris hylophila Spruce, Bactris microcarpa Spruce, Bactris linearifolia Barb.Rodr., Bactris setipinnata Barb.Rodr., Bactris pectinata subsp. hylophila (Spruce) Trail, Bactris pectinata subsp. microcarpa (Spruce) Trail, Bactris geonomoides Drude, Bactris geonomoides var. setosa Drude, Bactris hylophila var. macrocarpa Drude, Bactris hylophila var. glabrescens Drude, Bactris hylophila var. nana Drude, Bactris formosa Barb.Rodr., Bactris hoppii Burret, Bactris huebneri Burret, Bactris atrox Burret, Bactris pectinata subsp. turbinata (Spruce) Trail, Bactris pectinata var. spruceana Trail, Amylocarpus pectinatus (Mart.) Barb.Rodr., Bactris pectinata subsp. hylophila (Spruce) Trail, Amylocarpus hylophilus (Spruce) Barb.Rodr., Bactris pectinata subsp. microcarpa (Spruce) Trail, Amylocarpus linearifolius (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., Amylocarpus setipinnatus (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., Amylocarpus hylophilus var. macrocarpus (Drude) Barb.Rodr., Amylocarpus hylophilus var. glabrescens (Drude) Barb.Rodr., Amylocarpus hylophilus var. nanus Barb.Rodr., Amylocarpus formosus (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.

  • Description

    Variety Description - Sheath spinulose or tomentose, sparsely to densely covered with black spines 1-3(-5) cm long; petiole 40-89 cm long; blade simple or pinnate; pinnate leaves with 7-30 pinnae per side, linear, regularly or irregularly arranged, spreading in the same plane; middle pinnae to 37 × 1-2 cm (rarely pinnate leaf with 2-5, broad, sigmoid, densely pilose pinnae, with the apical pinna much wider than the others); simple or partially divided blades to 80 cm long, to 20 cm wide at rachis apex. Fruits spinulose.

  • Discussion

    Types were not designated for several of Drude’s names (Bactris geonomoides, Bactris geonomoides var. setosa, Bactris hylophila var. macrocarpa, Bactris hylophila var. glabrescens, Bactris hylophila var. nana). Although these were based on Trail’s specimens, it is not clear from either Drude (1881) or from the specimens which are the types.

  • Objects

    Specimen - 02385429, A. J. Henderson 978, Bactris hirta var. pectinata (Mart.) Govaerts, Arecaceae (36.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Venezuela, Amazonas

  • Distribution

    Widespread and common in Colombia (Amazonas, Guainía, Vaupés), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar), the Guianas, Peru (Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín), Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Maranhão, Pará, Pernambuco, Rondônia), and Bolivia (Pando) (Fig. 38D); usually in lowland rain forest on terra firme, at 106-1670 m elevation.

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