Butia odorata(Barb.Rodr.) Noblick

WFO wfo-0000915484 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Butia odorata, photographed by Diana Fuentes
fig. a Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2018-09-29 / obs. 66953333
Butia odorata, photographed by Juan Manuel Barreneche
fig. b Juan Manuel Barreneche, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58110975
Butia odorata, photographed by Juan Manuel Barreneche
fig. c Juan Manuel Barreneche, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58111469
Butia odorata, photographed by Juan Manuel Barreneche
fig. d Juan Manuel Barreneche, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58111666
Butia odorata, photographed by Juan Manuel Barreneche
fig. e Juan Manuel Barreneche, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58112075
Butia odorata, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. f Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60602606
Butia odorata, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. g Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31278260
Butia odorata, photographed by Pablo G. Fernández
fig. h Pablo G. Fernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204763496

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Butia odorata is native: Brazil South, Uruguay Brazil SouthUruguay
Native distribution of Butia odorata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil South BZS SOUTHERN AMERICA
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Butia capitata var. elegantissima Becc.
  • Butia capitata var. erythrospatha (Chabaud) Becc.
  • Butia capitata var. lilaceiflora (Chabaud) Becc.
  • Butia capitata var. nehrlingiana (Abbott ex Nehrl.) L.H.Bailey
  • Butia capitata var. odorata (Barb.Rodr.) Becc.
  • Butia capitata var. pulposa (Barb.Rodr.) Becc.
  • Butia capitata var. strictior L.H.Bailey
  • Butia capitata var. subglobosa Becc.
  • Butia capitata var. virescens Becc.
  • Butia nehrlingiana (Abbott ex Nehrl.) Abbott ex Nehrl.
  • Butia pulposa (Barb.Rodr.) Nehrl.
  • Cocos elegantissima Chabaud
  • Cocos erythrospatha Chabaud
  • Cocos lilaceiflora Chabaud
  • Cocos nehrlingiana Abbott ex Nehrl.
  • Cocos odorata Barb.Rodr.
  • Cocos pulposa Barb.Rodr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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