Bactris cubensis

Bactris cubensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bactris
Species: B. cubensis
Binomial name
Bactris cubensis
Burret

Bactris cubensis is a species of palm endemic to the Nipe-Baracoa Massif and eastern Sierra Maestra in eastern Cuba at elevations between 40 and 700 metres above sea level. B. cubensis trees grow 2.7 to 6.4 m tall in clumps of 6 to 12 stems.

According to Salzman and Judd, B. cubensis forms a clade with B. plumeriana and B. jamaicana, the other Greater Antillean Bactris species.

References

Salzman V.T. and W.S. Judd. 1995. A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae). Brittonia 47 (4): 345–371.

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