Bactris

taxobox
name = "Bactris"


image_caption = "Bactris gasipaes"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
subfamilia = Arecoideae
tribus = Cocoeae
genus = "Bactris"
genus_authority = Jacq.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.|

"Bactris" is a genus of about 240 species in the palm family, Arecaceae, native to Central and South America, and the Caribbean. They are trees growing to 4-20 m tall. The leaves are up to 5 m long, and pinnate with numerous leaflets. The fruit is a drupe, 2-6 cm long, edible in some species.

;Selected species
*"Bactris acanthocarpa"
*"Bactris bifida"
*"Bactris brogniartii"
*"Bactris coloniata"
*"Bactris constanciae"
*"Bactris cruegeriana"
*"Bactris cubensis"
*"Bactris ferruginea"
*"Bactris gasipaes" (Pupunha)
*"Bactris guineensis"
*"Bactris glandulosa"
*"Bactris glaucescens"
*"Bactris gracilior"
*"Bactris grayumi"
*"Bactris hirta"
*"Bactris jamaicana"
*"Bactris longiseta" (Huiscoyol)
*"Bactris major"
*"Bactris mexicana"
*"Bactris militaris"
*"Bactris nancibensis"
*"Bactris pickelii"
*"Bactris pilosa"
*"Bactris plumeriana"
*"Bactris setiflora"
*"Bactris setosa"
*"Bactris simplicifrons"
*"Bactris wendlandiana"

External links

* [http://palmguide.org/genus.php?family=ARECACEAE&genus=Bactris Description/Pictures]
* [http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/b_fdi_33-34/38306.pdf THE GENUS "BACTRIS" (ARECACEAE),TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE GUYANAS, 1992]