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Arecaceae
Butia

not marked as a favorite taxon *Butia odorata (Barbosa Rodrigues) Noblick. Common name: Brazilian Butia, South American Jelly Palm, Pindo Palm. Habitat: Widely planted in the outer Coastal Plain of se. NC, e. SC, e. GA, and FL, persistent in apparently semi-natural situations, and now showing signs of establishing and spreading from seed into natural areas. Distribution: Native of s. Brazil and Uruguay. See Byrd & Diamond (2018) for the first report in AL and Zomlefer et al. (2018) for report from GA.

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Origin/Endemic status: South America

Taxonomy Comments: See Noblick (2011) for an account of the nomenclature.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Noblick (2011); Cocos odorata Barb.Rodr. = n/a — RAB; < Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc. — FNA22, WH3, misapplied. Basionym: Cocos odorata Barb.Rodr. 1891

Links to other floras: < Butia capitata - FNA22

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image #1 of Butia odorata© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
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image #6 of Butia odorata© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷

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