Bactris aubletiana
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Bactris |
| Species: | B. aubletiana |
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| Bactris aubletiana | |
Bactris aubletiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a shrub with ten or eleven leaves, and round orange fruits. The species is native to French Guiana and Suriname, and was described in 1876.
Taxonomy
The species was described by James W. H. Trail in 1876.[1]
Distribution
Bactris aubletiana is native to the wet tropical biome of French Guiana and Suriname.[2] It grows in lowland forests, at elevations of 10–460 metres (33–1,509 ft).[3]
Description
Bactris aubletiana is a shrub.[2] The stems are 0.6–2 metres (2.0–6.6 ft) tall, and 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in) wide.[3]
The plant has ten or eleven leaves, which rarely have black spines. The leaves are 17–30 centimetres (6.7–11.8 in) long, 4–10 centimetres (1.6–3.9 in) wide, and sometimes have soft spines on the edges. The leaf stems are 5–16 centimetres (2.0–6.3 in) long.[3]
The flower stems are 3–3.5 centimetres (1.2–1.4 in) long, curved, and spiny. The male flowers are deciduous, up to 3 millimetres (0.12 in) long. The male flowers have 2.5–3.5 millimetres (0.098–0.138 in) long petals, sepal lobes that are around 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long, and six stamens. The female flowers are up to 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in) long, and have a cup-shaped, 0.5–1 millimetre (0.020–0.039 in) long calyx. The corolla of female flowers is 1.5–2 millimetres (0.059–0.079 in) long, tube-shaped, and sometimes spiny. The plant flowers from December to April.[3]
The fruits are round, 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in) wide, and orange when mature. The mesocarp is starchy, and the endocarp is turbinate. The plant fruits from April to November.[3]
References
- ↑ "Bactris aubletiana Trail". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
- 1 2 "Bactris aubletiana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Bactris aubletiana Trail". WorldFloraOnline.org. World Flora Online. Retrieved 24 August 2026.