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leaves which grows in multi-stemmed clumps. These clumps usually consist of five to 30 stems ranging from 5 to 15 metres (16 to 49 ft) tall and 7.5 to 11.3 centimetres (3.0 to 4.4 in) in diameter. Stems normally bear 3 to 7 leaves. Male flowers are white, female flowers cream to pale
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16:Species of plant (type of spiny palm)
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313:Sw. in 1788, but transferred it to
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328:Flora of the British West Indies
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652:(2000). "Bactris (Palmae)".
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553:1995Britt..47..345S
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303:Bactris jamaicensis
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398:vulnerable species
242:pinnately-compound
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360:B. cubensis
307:Olof Swartz
295:Hans Sloane
275:Walter Judd
270:B. cubensis
233:Description
201:L.H. Bailey
132:Commelinids
106:Angiosperms
912:Categories
851:Plant List
635:2020-03-01
504:2020-03-01
428:References
356:Erik Ekman
352:Max Burret
48:Vulnerable
856:kew-18910
666:0071-5794
660:: 1–181.
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541:Brittonia
370:in 1938.
170:Species:
152:Arecaceae
76:Kingdom:
882:50178421
877:Tropicos
804:309010-2
738:Q4840053
732:Wikidata
604:(1725).
249:Taxonomy
148:Family:
142:Arecales
119:Monocots
53:IUCN 2.3
923:Bactris
778:2733241
765:1130823
674:4393893
585:1045661
577:2807563
549:Bibcode
537:Bactris
414:ramrods
400:by the
336:Bactris
285:History
255:Bactris
227:Jamaica
223:endemic
163:Bactris
158:Genus:
138:Order:
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573:JSTOR
279:clade
216:spiny
214:is a
126:Clade
113:Clade
100:Clade
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864:POWO
825:NCBI
812:IUCN
799:IPNI
773:GBIF
662:ISSN
565:ISSN
477:2021
460:1998
408:Uses
402:IUCN
219:palm
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