Butia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Cocoseae
Subtribus: Attaleinae
Genus: Butia
Species: B. archeri – B. arenicola – B. campicola – B. capitata – B. catarinensis – B. eriospatha – B. exilata – B. exospadix – B. lallemantii – B. lepidotispatha – B. leptospatha – B. marmorii – B. matogrossensis – B. microspadix – B. noblickii – B. odorata – B. paraguayensis – B. poni – B. pubispatha – B. purpurascens – B. witeckii – B. yatay
Name

Butia (Becc.) Becc., Agric. Colon. 10: 489 (1916)

Type species: Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc., Agric. Colon. 10: 504 (1916)

Synonyms

Basionym
Cocos subg. Butia Becc. Malpighia 1: 352. (1887)

References

Beccari, O. (1916) Agricoltura Coloniale 10: 489.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Butia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Butia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 3 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Butia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 3.

Vernacular names
suomi: Butiapalmut