Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Arecales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Butia odorata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Jelly Palm at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Butia capitata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Butia odorata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Butia capitata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Butia capitata
COMMON NAME:
Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_10
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
The petioles are armed with curved spines (vs. those of Cocos unarmed), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm0502d_11
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Leaflets not filamentose.
JK Marlow jkm0502d_16
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Cabbage Palmetto in the upper left; Pindo Palm lower right.
JK Marlow jkm150301_788
March Charleston County SC
Trunk is heavy, patterned with the stubs of old leaves, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
COMPARE Palm and Palmetto species
JK Marlow jkm150301_792
March Charleston County SC
This slow-growing hardy palm produces feathery, arching, gray-green leaves, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Butia odorata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Butia capitata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Butia odorata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Butia capitata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Butia capitata
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