Bactris soeiroana is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a shrub or palm tree with brown and yellow prickles, segmented leaves, and yellow fruits. The species is endemic to Brazil, and was described in 2000.
Taxonomy Bactris soeiroana was described by Andrew Henderson in 2000. The name was previously published invalidly by Larry Ronald Noblick.
The type material was collected from Salvador, Bahia in 1988.
Distribution Bactris soeiroana is native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of north-east Bahia, Brazil. It grows in Restinga ecosystems, on sandy soil, near sea level.
Description Bactris soeiroana is a shrub or palm tree up to high. The stems are wide, and usually covered in decaying leaf bases. The plant has brown and yellow prickles, which are up to long.
The plant has four to ten pinnate leaves, The leaves have irregularly clustered, elliptical segments, in eight to seventeen pairs. The leaf stems are long.
The flowers have stems, which are straight, and lack spines. The male flowers are up to long. The sepal lobes are long, and the petals are long. The male flowers have six or seven stamens.
The female flowers are up to long. The calyx is ring-shaped, and long. The corolla is tubular, and long.
The fruits are obovoid, around long and wide, yellow, and have a smooth epicarp.
Nomenclature In Portuguese, the species is known as or .
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