Butia
Not to be confused with Butea.
| Butia | |
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| Butia capitata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Cocoseae |
| Subtribe: | Attaleinae |
| Genus: | Butia (Becc.) Becc.[1] |
Butia is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae, native to South America in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.[2] Most species produce edible fruits, which are sometimes used to make alcoholic beverages. The name is derived from a Brazilian vernacular word for members of the genus.[3]
Description
They are 'feather palms', with pinnate leaves 2-4 m long. The species vary from nearly stemless plants rarely exceeding 40 cm tall (e.g. B. campicola) to small trees up to 10 m tall (e.g. B. yatay).
Butia capitata is notable as one of the hardiest feather palms, tolerating temperatures down to about −10 °C; it is widely cultivated in warm temperate to subtropical regions.
Species
- Butia archeri (Glassman) Glassman - Goiás, Brasília, Minas Gerais, São Paulo
- Butia campicola (Barb.Rodr.) Noblick - Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay
- Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc. – Wine Palm, Jelly Palm, Pindo Palm - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
- Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi - Santa Catarina
- Butia eriospatha (Mart. ex Drude) Becc. – Woolly Butia Palm -southern Brazil
- Butia exilata Deble & Marchiori - Rio Grande do Sul
- Butia exospadix Noblick - Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay
- Butia lallemantii Deble & Marchiori - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay
- Butia lepidotispatha Noblick - Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay
- Butia leptospatha (Burret) Noblick - Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay
- Butia marmorii Noblick - Alto Paraná in Paraguay
- Butia matogrossensis Noblick & Lorenzi - Mato Grosso do Sul
- Butia microspadix Burret - southeastern Brazil
- Butia noblickii Deble - Corrientes Province of Argentina
- Butia odorata (Barb.Rodr.) Noblick - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay
- Butia paraguayensis (Barb. Rodr.) L.H.Bailey – Dwarf Yatay - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Butia pubispatha Noblick & Lorenzi - Paraná
- Butia purpurascens Glassman – Purple Yatay Palm - Goiás, Minas Gerais
- Butia quaraimana Deble & Marchiori - Rio Grande do Sul
- Butia stolonifera (Barb.Rodr.) Becc. - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay
- Butia witeckii K.Soares & S. Longhi – Field butia - Rio Grande do Sul.
- Butia yatay (Mart.) Becc. – Yatay Palm - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay, Argentina
Intergeneric hybrids
- ×Butyagrus nabonnandii (B. capitata × Syagrus romanzoffiana)[5]
References
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- ↑ "Genus: Butia (Becc.) Becc.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. I: A-C. CRC Press. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Butia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- ↑ "Butyagrus nabonnandii". Palms. Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia. Archived from the original on 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
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