Bactris simplicifrons

taxobox
name = "Bactris simplicifrons"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Bactris"
species = "B. simplicifrons"
binomial = "Bactris simplicifrons"
binomial_authority = Mart.|

"Bactris simplicifrons" is a is a small (0.5-2 m tall, 0.3-1 cm in diameter) palmcite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson |coauthors=Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal|title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 0-691-08537-4 ] which is found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=19056&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=19056&status=true |title= "Bactris setulosa"|accessdate=2007-09-09 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Unlike most other species of "Bactris", "B. simplicifrons" is usually non-spiny, or only spiny along the leaf margins. It also tends to have simple, rather than compound leaves.

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