Bactris timbuiensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a shrub or tree with black and brown spines, and orange-red fruits. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Bactris timbuiensis was described in 1996, and is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Helio de Queiroz Boudet Fernandes in 1996.
Distribution Bactris timbuiensis is native to the wet tropical biome of Espírito Santo, south-east Brazil. It grows on slopes in coastal forests, at elevations of . The species' estimated extent of occurrence is around .
Description Bactris timbuiensis is a shrub or tree. The stems are spiny, up to tall, and are wide.
The plant has three to five leaves, which have cylindrical black and brown spines up to long. The leaves have thirty-three to forty-six regularly arranged pinnae on each side. The leaf stem is long.
The flower stems are spiny, curved, flattened, and up to long. The male flowers are long, and have six stamens. The sepal lobes are long. The petals are long. The female flowers are long. The calyx is cup-shaped, and long. The corolla is tube-shaped, long, and covered in brown spines.
The fruits are obovoid, orange-red, and wide. The mesocarp is starchy and the endocarp is obovoid. The epicarp is smooth.
Conservation In 2009, the IUCN assessed Bactris timbuiensis as Endangered.
Nomenclature In Portuguese, the species is known as or .
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