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Transfer of
LARRY R. NOBLICK
to Butia
Syagrus campicola (Barb. Rodr.) Becc. was first Acknowledgments
described in the genus Cocos by the Brazilian Montgomery Botanical Center funded my
botanist, João Barbosa Rodrigues (1900). Later it 1991–1994 post-doctoral position at Fairchild
was transferred the genus Syagrus by Beccari Tropical Garden and my 1996 and 2002 collecting
(1916). Recent work on the species in studying trips to Paraguay. Sincere thanks to Fairchild
the relationships of this species to other Butiinae Tropical Garden where I am a research associate.
(Syagrus, Butia, Allagoptera, Lytocaryum, etc.) shows The impetus for validating this transfer was
that this species should be transferred to Butia. provided by the National Science Foundation
Characteristics the leaf anatomy, peduncular bract Grant # 0212779 and friends.
and endocarp pore position agree with those of
LITERATURE CITED
Butia. Although the combination appeared in
print several years ago (Henderson et al. 1995), the BARBOSA RODRIGUES, J. 1900. Palmae Hasslerianae
formal nomenclatural transfer had not been made. novae. Rio de Janeiro.
The new combination is made here. BECCARI, O. 1916. Il genere Cocos Linn. e le palme
affine. Agric. Colon. 10: 435–471, 489–532,
Butia campicola (Barb. Rodr.) Noblick, comb. nov.
586–623.
Cocos campicola Barb. Rodr., Palm. Hassler. Nov. HENDERSON, A., G. GALEANO & R. BERNAL. 1995. Field
6. 1900. Syagrus campicola (Barb. Rodr.) Becc., Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton
Agric. Colon. 10: 465. 1916. (Type: Hassler 5057) University Press, New Jersey.
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