Bactris acanthocarpoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a tree with spines, compound leaves, and yellow to red fruits. The species is native to South America.
Bactris acanthocarpoides was described in 1875, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by João Barbosa Rodrigues in 1875.
Distribution Bactris acanthocarpoides is native to the wet tropical biome of northern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname. It grows in lowland rainforests, and near streams, at elevations of .
Description Bactris acanthocarpoides is a tree that grows high, and wide. The stems are spiny, and arranged into clumps of two to six.
The plant has six to fifteen leaves, with scattered black spines. The leaves are compound, and have twenty to forty pinnae on each side. The leaf stems are long, which are arranged into clusters of two to six.
The inflorescences grow on stems. The male flowers are long. The male flowers have long sepal lobes, long petals, and zero, three, or six stamens. The female flowers are long, and have a cup-shaped, long calyx. The corolla of the female flowers is urn-shaped, long, and spiny.
The fruits are densely aggregated, obovoid in shape, wide, yellow to red in colour, and have soft spines. The mesocarp is starchy, and the endocarp is obovoid.
Conservation In 2018, the IUCN assessed Bactris acanthocarpoides as of Least Concern. The population is large, and faces no major threats.
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