| Butia lallemantii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Butia |
| Species: | B. lallemantii
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| Binomial name | |
| Butia lallemantii Deble & Marchiori [2006]
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Butia lallemantii is a species of palm described in 2006. Unlike more familiar Butia species, this is a clustering, acaulescent species lacking an above-ground trunk. It was the third of such species of Butia described. It is caespitose; branching underground with normally 3-6 branches.[1] It grows to 60–160 cm tall, with 5-12 leaves with 24-40 leaflets a side.[2] The fruit are edible,[3] ovate-lanceolate, yellow-orange, 2.5-3.5 x 1.6-2.5 cm, with a reddish apex.[1]
- ^ a b Paz Deble, Leonardo; Marchiori, José Newton Cardoso (30 November 2006). "Butia lallemantii, uma nova Arecaceae do Brasil". Balduinia. Revista do Herbário do Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Centro de Ciencias Rurais, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (in Portuguese). 9 (9): 1–3. doi:10.5902/2358198014032. ISSN 2358-1980. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ Paz Deble, Leonardo; Keller, Héctor A.; Da Silva Alves, Fabiano (August 2017). "Resurrection and epitypification of Butia poni (Arecaceae), a neglected palm micro-endemic to the grasslands of Misiones, Argentina". Phytotaxa. 316 (2): 171–180. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.316.2.6. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Butia lallemantii - Pacsoa". PACSOA Palms and Cycads wiki. Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2018.