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The genus Bactris is in the family Arecaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bactris

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Bactris acanthocarpa Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris acanthocarpoides Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris ana-juliae Cascante	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris aubletiana Trail	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris bahiensis Noblick ex A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris balanophora Spruce	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris barronis L.H.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris bidentula Spruce	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris bifida Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris brongniartii Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris campestris Poepp.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris caryotifolia Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris caudata H.Wendl. ex Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris charnleyae de Nevers, A.J.Hend. & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris chaveziae A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris coloniata L.H.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris coloradensis Burret	Accepted		TRO
Bactris coloradonis L.H.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris concinna Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris constanciae Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris corossilla H.Karst.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris cubensis Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris cuspidata Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris dianeura Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris elegans Barb.Rodr. & Trail	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris faucium Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris ferruginea Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris fissifrons Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris gasipaes Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris gastoniana Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris glandulosa Oerst.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris glassmanii Med.-Costa & Noblick ex A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris glaucescens Drude	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris gracilior Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris grayumii de Nevers & A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris guineensis (L.) H.E.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris halmoorei A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris hatschbachii Noblick ex A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris herrerana Cascante	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris hirta Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris hondurensis Standl.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris horridispatha Noblick ex A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris jamaicana L.H.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris killipii Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris kunorum de Nevers & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris longiseta H.Wendl. ex Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris macroacantha Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris major Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris maraja Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris martiana A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris mexicana Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris militaris H.E.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris × moorei Wess.Boer	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris nancibaensis Granv.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris oligocarpa Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris oligoclada Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris panamensis de Nevers & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris pickelii Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris pilosa H.Karst.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris pliniana Granv. & A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris plumeriana Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris polystachya Grayum	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris ptariana Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris rhaphidacantha Wess.Boer	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris riparia Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris rostrata Galeano & R.Bernal	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris schultesii (L.H.Bailey) Glassman	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris setiflora Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris setosa Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris setulosa H.Karst.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris simplicifrons Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris soeiroana Noblick ex A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris sphaerocarpa Trail	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris syagroides Barb.Rodr. & Trail	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris tefensis A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris timbuiensis H.Q.B.Fern.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris tomentosa Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris turbinocarpa Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Bactris vulgaris Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 338 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bactris. Of these 79 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 104 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bactris. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 338 species names for the genus Bactris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	79	23.4%
◕	Synonym	238	70.4%
◕	Unplaced	3	0.9%
◕	Unassessed	18	5.3%

All names

The status of the 442 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bactris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	99	22.4%
◕	Synonym	322	72.9%
◕	Unplaced	3	0.7%
◕	Unassessed	18	4.1%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 338 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bactris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	78	222	0	0	300	88.8%
	Medium confidence	1	16	0	0	17	5.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	3	18	21	6.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Bactris, are as follows: