Butia odorata

Butia odorata
Butia odorata growing wild at Lago Merín, Cerro Largo Department, Uruguay
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Butia
Species:
B. odorata
Binomial name
Butia odorata
(Barb.Rodr.) Noblick [2011]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cocos odorata Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: 14 [1891]
  • Cocos pulposa Barb.Rodr. [1891]
  • Cocos elegantissima Chabaud, nom. illeg. [1906]
  • Cocos erythrospatha Chabaud [1906]
  • Cocos lilaceiflora Chabaud [1906]
  • Butia capitata var. elegantissima Becc. [1916]
  • Butia capitata var. erythrospatha (Chabaud) Becc. [1916]
  • Butia capitata var. lilaceiflora (Chabaud) Becc. [1916]
  • Butia capitata var. pulposa (Barb.Rodr.) Becc. [1916]
  • Butia capitata var. subglobosa Becc. [1916]
  • Butia capitata var. virescens Becc. [1916]
  • Cocos nehrlingiana Abbott ex Nehrl. [1927]
  • Butia nehrlingiana (Abbott ex Nehrl.) Nehrl. [1929]
  • Butia pulposa (Barb.Rodr.) Nehrl. [1929]
  • Butia capitata var. nehrlingiana (Abbott ex Nehrl.) L.H.Bailey [1936]
  • Butia capitata var. strictior L.H.Bailey [1936]
  • ?Butia capitata var. rubra J.R. Mattos [1977]
  • Butia odorata (Barb.Rodr.) Noblick & Pirani [2004], nom. inval.
  • Butia odorata (Barb.Rodr.) Noblick & Lorenzi [2010], nom. inval.

Butia odorata, also known as the South American jelly palm,[3] jelly palm,[3][4] or pindo palm,[3] is a Butia palm native to southernmost Brazil and Uruguay.[2] This slow-growing palm grows up to 10m, although it is often less tall. It is identifiable by its feather palm pinnate leaves that arch inwards towards a thick stout trunk.

  1. ^ Govaerts, R. (2018). "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b Soares, Kelen Pureza (2015). "Le genre Butia". Principes (in French). 1: 12–57. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Butia odorata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  4. ^ Porcher, Michel H. (20 April 2003). "Sorting Butia names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND). University of Melbourne. Retrieved 14 October 2018.