Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bactris gasipaes
chonta, chontadura,pijuayo, peach palm, pejibeye
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Bactris
Species
gasipaes
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Bactris ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2005
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Bactris gasipaes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2035. Accessed 4 November 2026.