Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Bactris insignis (Mart.) Baill.:
Bolivia (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Bolivia (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Balslev, H. & M. Moraes. 1989. Sinopsis de las Palmeras de Bolivia. AAU Rep. 20: 1 – 107.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1017359
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Guilielma insignis Mart.:
Bolivia (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Bolivia (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Foster, R. C. 1958. A catalogue of the ferns and flowering plants of Bolivia. Contr. Gray Herb. 184: 1–223.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1313
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Bactris insignis Drude:
Argentina (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Argentina (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Latzina, E. 1937. Index de la Flora Dendrológica Argentina. Lilloa 1: 95–211.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43570
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Devoto & Rothkugel. 1942. Indice flora leñosa Argentina. Publ. Misc. Min. Agric. 140: 35–142.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43572
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Molfino, J. F. 1925. Monocotiledóneas nuevas para la Argentina. III. Physis (Buenos Aires) 8: 241–242.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43646
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Guilielma speciosa Mart.:
Brazil (South America)
Peru (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Brazil (South America)
Peru (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. 1986. Field Museum Type Record.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1104
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Bactris gasipaes Kunth:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guyana (South America)
French Guiana (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Peru (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Suriname (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guyana (South America)
French Guiana (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Peru (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Suriname (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. 1986. Field Museum Type Record.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1104
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Killeen, T. J., E. García Estigarribia & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 1993. Guia Arb. Bolivia 1–958. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia & Missouri Botanical Garden, La Paz.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1000017
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Renner, S. S., H. Balslev & L. B. Holm-Nielsen. 1990. Flowering plants of Amazonian Ecuador---A checklist. AAU Rep. 24: 1–241.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43828
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Steyermark, J. 1995. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Project.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/158
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Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
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Linares, J. L. 2003 [2005]. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1029566
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Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033072
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Nelson, C. 1978. Contribuciones a la Flora de la Mosquitia, Honduras. Ceiba 22(1): 41–64.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/5269
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Alverson, W. S., D. K. Moskovits & J. S. Shopland. 2000. Bolivia: Pando, Río Tahauamanú. Rapid Biol. Inv. 1: 1–79.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1018882
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Wallace, R., R. Lilian, E. Painter, D. Rumiz & J. Herrera. 2000. La Estacionalidad y el Manejo de Vida Silvestre en los Bosques de Producción del Oriente de Bolivia. Revista Boliviana Ecol. Cons. Amb. 8:65–81.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1028931
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Henderson, A., G. Galeano & R. Bernal. 1995. Field Guide Palms Americas 1–352. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1002327
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Grayum, M. H. 2003. Arecaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 201–293.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1021923
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Moraes R., M. 2004. Fl. Palmeras Bolivia 1–262. Plural Editores, La Paz.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1026284
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Mostacedo C., B. & Y. U. J. 1999. Plantas silvestres con frutos y semillas comestibles del departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia: un inventario preliminar. Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 2(2): 203–226.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1011870
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Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1958. Palmae. In Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part I. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(1): 196–299.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6513
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Balslev, H. & M. Moraes. 1989. Sinopsis de las Palmeras de Bolivia. AAU Rep. 20: 1 – 107.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1017359
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Kahn, F. 1988. Ecology of economically important Palms in Peruvian Amazonia. Advances Econ. Bot. 6: 42–49.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/11037
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Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. N. S. Stapf. 2004. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1031911
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Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42250
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Jardim, A., T. J. Killeen & A. Fuentes. 2003. Guia Árb. Arb. Bosq. Seco Chiquitano i–x, 1–324. Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza Noel Kempff, Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1028458
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de Nevers, G., A. Henderson & M. H. Grayum. 1996. Mesoamerican Bactris (Palmae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 49(7): 171–210.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1004063
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Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/7728
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Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595
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D'Arcy, W. G. 1987. Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Part 1: The introduction and checklist. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: v–xxx, 1–328.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1289
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Pintaud, J.-C., G. A. Galeano, H. Balslev, R. Bernal, F. Borchsenius Kristensen, E. J. L. Ferreira, J. J. de Granville, K. Mejía C., B. Millán, M. Moraes R., L. R. Noblick, F. W. Stauffer & F. Kahn. 2008. Las palmeras de América del Sur: diversidad, distribución e historia evolutiva. Revista Peruana Biol. 15(supl. 1): 7–29.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100000253
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Bactris ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart.:
Peru (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Peru (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. 1986. Field Museum Type Record.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1104
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Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/7728
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Bactris gasipaes
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

No available public DNA sequences.
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No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Bactris gasipaes
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Notes
Economic Significance
Bactris gasipaes (peach palm) is a major staple for many Central American cultures as well as many cultures from the Northern part of South America. Its harvest is celebrated by the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador with a well noted festival.
- B.C. Bennett. 2007. Chapter 3: Twenty-five Important Plant Families. B.C. Bennett, editor. UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. http://eolss.net.
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