Common name
English: Peach Palm
German: Pfirsichpalme
Portuguese: Pupunha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Arecales (29)
Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Bactris (1)
Epithet: gasipaes Kunth (1)
Synonyms: Guilielma gasipaes (Kunth) L. H. Bailey, Guilielma speciosa C. Martius, Palma paripou Aubl.
gasipaes => derived from an aboriginal name for B. gasipaes
speciosa => beautiful
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Bactris gasipaes at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1212] Bactris - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Literature
- [22] Lorenzi,H. et al. (2004): Palmeiras Brasileiras e Exóticas Cultivadas. Instituto Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil.