Arecaceae
Guinea bactris
Aiphanes minima
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Aiphanes
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 小刺叶椰子
- English
- Guinea bactris, Coyor palm, Coyur palm, Coyure palm, Macaw palm, Ruffle palm
Synonyms
- Aiphanes acanthophylla (Mart.) Burret
- Aiphanes corallina (Mart.) H.Wendl.
- Aiphanes erosa (Mart.) Burret
- Aiphanes luciana L.H.Bailey
- Aiphanes vincentiana L.H.Bailey
- Bactris acanthophylla Mart.
- Bactris erosa Mart.
- Bactris martineziifolia hort. ex H.Wendl.
- Bactris martineziifolia hort. ex H.Wendl.
- Bactris martineziifolia Schaedtler
- Bactris minima Gaertn.
- Curima colophylla O.F.Cook
- Curima corallina (Mart.) O.F.Cook
- Martinezia acanthophylla (Mart.) Becc.
- Martinezia corallina Mart.
- Martinezia erosa (Mart.) Linden
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Scott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.