Bactris jamaicana

Bactris jamaicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bactris
Species: B. jamaicana
Binomial name
Bactris jamaicana
L.H. Bailey

Bactris jamaicana is a species of palm endemic to Jamaica.

According to Salzman and Judd B. jamaicana forms a clade with B. plumeriana and B. cubensis, the other Greater Antillean Bactris species.[2]

References

  1. Johnson, D. (1998). "Bactris jamaicana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
  2. Salzman V.T. and W.S. Judd. 1995. A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae). Brittonia 47 (4): 345–371.


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