Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc.
Pindo palm, jelly palm, South American jelly palm
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4/10/2015 · Naples Botanical Garden, Naples, Florida 
4/10/2015 · Naples Botanical Garden, Naples, Florida 
2/24/2010 · San Diego (Quail) Botanic Garden, Encinitas, California 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Arecidae | Palm-like plants |
| Order | Arecales | Palms |
| Family | Arecaceae | Palms |
| Genus | Butia | From a Brazilan word for this genus of South American palms |
| Species | capitata | Capitate, refers to the way the flowers form in a head-like cluster |
Butia capitata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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