''Bactris plumeriana'' is a species of palm endemic to

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

Taxonomy

According to Salzman and Judd ''B. plumeriana'' forms a

clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

with '' B. cubensis'' and '' B. jamaicana'', the other Greater Antillean ''Bactris'' species.

References

plumeriana Trees of Haiti Trees of the Dominican Republic {{Cocoseae-stub