Bactris cubensis
Appearance
Bactris cubensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Genus: | Bactris |
Species: | B. cubensis
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Binomial name | |
Bactris cubensis |
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.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Salzman, Virginia T. & Judd, Walter S. (1995). "A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae)". Brittonia. 47 (4): 345–371. doi:10.2307/2807563. JSTOR 2807563. S2CID 1045661.