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'''''Bactris major''''' is a small to medium sized (1–10 m tall) [[spine (botany)|spiny]] [[Arecaceae|palm]] which ranges from [[Mexico]], through [[Central America]] into northern [[South America]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad]].<ref name = Henderson>{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson (botanist)|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 }}</ref><ref name=Kew>{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18943&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=18943&status=true |title= ''Bactris major''|accessdate=2007-09-08 |format= |work= [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}</ref> The species is divided into three<ref name=Kew/> or four<ref name = Henderson/> varieties, although the boundaries between varieties is not always clearly defined.<ref name = Henderson/> The fruits are eaten or used to flavour drinks.<ref name = Henderson/> {{Inc| Bactris major, Jacq. Beach Palm. St. 9-15 ft. high, 1-1½ in. diam., armed with rows of black spines 2 in. long: petiole armed with very long black, terete spines; Lvs. 4-6 ft. long, equally pinnatisect nearly to the rachis; sheath and rachis spiny and white or brown tomentose; segms. linear, acute at both ends, 25-35 on each side, 1-nerved, 8-12 in. long, ⅓-½ in. wide, glabrous on both sides, densely setose, with black hairs along the margin.: frs. about the size of an apricot, edible. Brazil. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== [[Rafaël Govaerts]] recognised three varieties: * ''Bactris major'' var. ''major''<ref name = var1>{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18945&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=18945&status=true |title= ''Bactris major'' var. ''major''|accessdate=2007-09-08 |format= |work= [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}</ref> * ''Bactris major'' var. ''infesta'' (Mart.) Drude<ref name = var2>{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18944&repSynonym_id=18905&name_id=18944&status=true |title= ''Bactris major'' var. ''infesta'' (Mart.) Drude|accessdate=2007-09-08 |format= |work= [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}</ref> * ''Bactris major'' var. ''socialis'' (Mart.) Drude<ref name = var3>{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18947&repSynonym_id=19065&name_id=18947&status=true |title= ''Bactris major'' var. ''socialis'' (Mart.) Drude|accessdate=2007-09-08 |format= |work= [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}</ref> [[Andrew Henderson (botanist)|Andrew Henderson]] and co-authors recognised a fourth variety, ''Bactris major'' var. ''megalocarpa'' (Trail ex Thurn) [[Andrew Henderson (botanist)|A.J.Hend.]],<ref name = Henderson/> but Govaerts considered this to be a synonym of ''Bactris major'' var. ''major''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=18945&repSynonym_id=18962&name_id=18946&status=false |title= ''Bactris major'' var. ''megalocarpa'' (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend.|accessdate=2007-09-08 |format= |work= [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}</ref> Synonyms: ''Bactris ovata'' Stokes ([[nom. illeg.]]), ''Augustinea major'' (Jacq.) H.Karst., ''Pyrenoglyphis major'' (Jacq.) H.Karst., (of ''Bactris major'')<ref name = Kew/> -- ''Bactris chaetorhachis'' Mart., ''Bactris minax'' Miq., ''Augustinea balanoidea'' Oerst., ''Augustinea ovata'' Oerst., ''Bactris cruegeriana'' Griseb., ''Pyrenoglyphis balanoidea'' (Oerst.) H.Karst., ''Pyrenoglyphis ovata'' (Oerst.) H.Karst., ''Bactris balanoidea'' (Oerst.) H.Wendl., ''Bactris ovata'' (Oerst.) H.Wendl. (nom. illeg.), ''Bactris megalocarpa'' Trail ex Thurn, ''Bactris ottostapfiana'' Barb.Rodr., ''Bactris augustinea'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris superior'' L.H.Bailey, ''Pyrenoglyphis chaetorhachis'' (Mart.) Burret, ''Pyrenoglyphis ottostapfiana'' (Barb.Rodr.) Burret, ''Pyrenoglyphis superior'' (L.H.Bailey) Burret, ''Bactris albonotata'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris beata'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris broadwayi'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris cateri'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris ellipsoidalis'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris obovoidea'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris planifolia'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris swabeyi'' L.H.Bailey, ''Bactris demerarana'' L.H.Bailey, ''Pyrenoglyphis cruegeriana'' (Griseb.) H.Karst., ''Bactris major'' var. ''megalocarpa'' (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend., (of ''Bactris major'' var. ''major'')<ref name = var1/> -- ''Bactris infesta'' Mart., ''Pyrenoglyphis infesta'' (Mart.) Burret, ''Bactris exaltata'' Barb.Rodr., ''Bactris nemorosa'' Barb.Rodr., ''Bactris socialis'' subsp. ''curuena'' Trail, ''Bactris socialis'' subsp. ''gaviona'' Trail, ''Bactris curuena'' (Trail) Trail ex Drude, ''Bactris gaviona'' (Trail) Trail ex Drude, ''Bactris chapadensis'' Barb.Rodr., ''Bactris major'' var. ''mattogrossensis'' Kuntze, ''Bactris mattogrossensis'' Barb.Rodr., ''Pyrenoglyphis chapadensis'' (Barb.Rodr.) Burret, ''Pyrenoglyphis curuena'' (Trail) Burret, ''Pyrenoglyphis exaltata'' (Barb.Rodr.) Burret, ''Pyrenoglyphis gaviona'' (Trail) Burret, ''Pyrenoglyphis mattogrossensis'' (Barb.Rodr.) Burret, ''Pyrenoglyphis nemorosa'' (Barb.Rodr.) Burret, (of ''Bactris major'' var. ''infesta'')<ref name = var2/> -- ''Bactris socialis'' Mart. , ''Pyrenoglyphis socialis'' (Mart.) Burret, (of ''Bactris major'' var. ''socialis'')<ref name = var3/> ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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