Butia lepidotispatha

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Butia (boo-TEE-ah)
lepidotispatha
(leh-pih-doht-ih-SPAH-tah)
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Scientific Classification
Genus: Butia (boo-TEE-ah)
Species:
lepidotispatha
(leh-pih-doht-ih-SPAH-tah)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
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Morphology
Habit: Solitary
Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
None.

Habitat and Distribution

Brazil West-Central, and Paraguay.
Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.

Description

Culture

Comments and Curiosities

A rare dwarf palm native to cerrado scrubland on sandy soils in the southwest of Brazil in Mato Grosso do Sul and in Paraguay. It forms only a briefly upright stem that holds a crown of attractive, neatly arching and strongly keeled, bluish leaves. Even though locally common in its native habitat, it is very rare in cultivation and seeds are almost never available. It adapts well to cultivation in a range of warm temperate climates. (RPS.com)



External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.

Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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