Bactris ovata Stokes (nom.

major)[2] Bactris infesta Mart.

curuena Trail Bactris socialis subsp.

Burret (of Bactris major var.

infesta)[3] Bactris socialis Mart.

Burret (of Bactris major var.

socialis)[4] Bactris major is a small to medium-sized (1–10 m tall) spiny palm which ranges from Mexico, through Central America into northern South America and Trinidad.

[5] Spanish names for the palm species include marayaú.

Rafaël Govaerts recognised three varieties: Andrew Henderson and co-authors recognised a fourth variety, Bactris major var.

megalocarpa (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend.,[5] but Govaerts considered this to be a synonym of Bactris major var.

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