Wallace, A.R., Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses (1853)
Palm Trees Amazon

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t. 36 p. 93

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Bactris gasipaes Kunth

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name cited:
Guilielma speciosa Mart.
name recognized:
Bactris gasipaes Kunth

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drawing: W.H. Fitch

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family: Palmae
subfamily: Arecoideae
tribe: Cocoeae
subtribe: Bactridinae

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epithet cited: speciosus,-a,-um

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epithet recognized: gasipaes

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Illustration contributed by:
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Guilielma gasipaes (Kunth) L.H.Bailey;
heterotypic synonyms:
Bactris dahlgreniana Glassman; Bactris insignis Drude;