Bactris elegans is a species of palms which is native to South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname).

Bactris elegans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bactris
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Bactris elegans
Barb.Rodr. & Trail[1]
Synonyms
  • Bactris elegantissima Burret
  • Bactris elegans hort. ex Schaedtler[2]

References

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  1. ^ Barbosa Rodrigues, João Enumeratio palmarum novarum quas valle fluminis Amazonum inventas et ad sertum palmarum collectas 35. 1875
  2. ^ Schaedtler Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 31: 67 1875
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