A new species of Bactris (Palmae) from French Guiana

摘要

A new species, Bactris nancibaensis, from French Guiana, is described and illustrated. Through the Flora of the Guianas and the Biological Diversity of the Guianas Programs, and through research on biodiversity regularly carried out by the biologistsof Insti-tut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD, formerly ORSTOM), species new to science are discovered every year in French Guiana. Names are needed for floristic treatments. The new species described herein is the twenty-first species of BactrisJacq. known from French Guiana (Granville, 1999).