Bactris cubensis is a species of palm endemic to the Nipe-Baracoa Massif and eastern Sierra Maestra in eastern Cuba at elevations between 40 and 700 metres above sea level. B. cubensis trees grow 2.7 to 6.4 m tall in clumps of 6 to 12 stems.

Bactris cubensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bactris
Species:
B. cubensis
Binomial name
Bactris cubensis

According to Salzman and Judd, B. cubensis forms a clade with B. plumeriana and B. jamaicana, the other Greater Antillean Bactris species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Salzman, Virginia T. & Judd, Walter S. (1995). "A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae)". Brittonia. 47 (4): 345–371. doi:10.2307/2807563. JSTOR 2807563. S2CID 1045661.