Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess.Boer

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica

• State/Province

  Puntarenas

• Locality

  Secondary vegetation on former plantations and pasture, and remnants of original tall evergreen forest on steep slopes and stream edges in the Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve. Southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula.

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.58, -85.1

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York Botanical Garden
Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex Linnaeus) Wessels Boer
det. A. Henderson, 2012
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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COSTA RICA
Field Museum of Natural History
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Common palm of open sites« Only large palm
in this area* Becoming 10 m* tall* Leaves
3-5 hu long* Leave© pinnate* Spathe about
1 nu long* Inflorescence compact 0*3 by 0*8 m*
Secondary vegetation on former plantations and pasture, and remnants
of original tall evergreen forest on steep slopes and stream edges in the
Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve, 0-200 m. altitude. Southern tip of the
Nicoya Peninsula; Prov. Puntarenas. 9° 35' N. x 85° 6' W.
WILLIAM C. BURGER & RONALD L. LIESNER
1-7 December 1969
Supported in Part by Grants from the National Science Foundation
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