Taxon: Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc.

• the 43 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• jelly palm   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• pindo palm   (Source: Dis. & Disor.) – English
  
• South American jelly palm   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• butia de vinaigre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Butiapalme   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Geleepalme   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• butia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• butiapalm   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed14)
  
• Human food: beverage base   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide Mansf Ency)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil [Minas Gerais, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul]
  Southern South America: Argentina [possibly]; Uruguay

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana.
• Chase, A. R. & T. K. Broschat, eds. 1992. Diseases and disorders of ornamental palms.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Glassman, S. F. 1979. Re-evaluation of the genus Butia with a description of a new species. Principes 23:65–79.
• Glassman, S. F. 1987. Revisions of the palm genus Syagrus Mart. and other selected genera in the Cocos alliance. Illinois Biol. Monogr. 56:96.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:131.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Butia capitata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Butia capitata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Butia capitata.

Synonyms:

• (=) Butia bonnetii (Linden ex Chabaud) Becc.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Butia capitata var. deliciosa Prosch.
  
• (=) Butia capitata var. elegantissima (Chabaud) Becc.
  
• (=) Butia capitata var. erythrospatha (Chabaud) Becc.
  
• (=) Butia capitata var. lilaceiflora (Chabaud) Becc.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Butia capitata var. nehrlingiana (L. H. Bailey) L. H. Bailey
  
• (=) Butia capitata var. odorata (Barb. Rodr.) Becc.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Butia capitata var. pulposa (Barb. Rodr.) Becc.
  (previously associated with 12 accessions)
• (=) Butia capitata var. pygmaea Prosch.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Butia capitata var. subglobosa Becc.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Butia capitata var. virescens Becc.
  
• (=) Butia leiospatha (Barb. Rodr.) Becc.
  
• (=) Butia nehrlingiana L. H. Bailey
  
• (=) Cocos bonnetii Linden ex Chabaud
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (≡) Cocos capitata Mart. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Cocos odorata Barb. Rodr.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Cocos pulposa Barb. Rodr.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (≡) Syagrus capitata (Mart.) Glassman
  

Check other web resources for Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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