Bactris jamaicana
L.H.Bailey
Pays · région · aire protégée · écorégion · biome
Pas d'interactions documentées pour cette espèce.
Liste rouge IUCN
VU · Vulnérablecritères B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)?Inconnue- Évaluation
- 2025 · v3.1
- Altitude
- 300 – 700 m
- Profondeur
- – m
État de la populationTexte officiel évaluation IUCNExpert
There is no detailed population data for this species, although it has been noted as very uncommon but widely distributed (Adams 1972). According to Salzman and Judd (1995), Bactris jamaicana is widely distributed on lower slopes of mountains and upland plateaus in the John Crow Mountains, Cockpit Country, and Central Plateau, but no extensive subpopulations are known.
Menaces identifiées(4 menaces classées CMP-IUCN)
2_1_1Shifting agricultureOngoing2_1_2Small-holder farmingOngoing8_2Problematic native species/diseasesMinority (<50%)Ongoing8_2_2Named speciesMinority (<50%)Ongoing
Description complète des menacesTexte détaillé évaluation IUCNExpert
The species is widespread and faces several direct and indirect threats across its range. Long-term disturbance has reduced the occurrence of B. jamaicana in many low-elevation forests to small, scattered subpopulations (Salzman and Judd 1995). The species is not used but habitats in which it is found are undergoing conversion to farming, and general degradation due to encroachment over time. Habitat quality is also degraded through competition with the fern Gleichenella pectinata.
Habitats préférentiels (classification IUCN)
2_1Savanna - Dry★1_6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland14_6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Mesures de conservation recommandéesStratégies de conservation IUCNExpert
This species occurs in Mason River Nature Preserve, Mount Diablo Forest Reserve, and the Cockpit Country Protected Area. An invasive species project is being implemented at the Mason River Protected Area to mitigate the impacts of a native problematic species, and may benefit Bactris jamaicana. It is held in at least one ex situ conservation collection (BGCI 2024). In other areas, the species has no formal protection, though it may derive some protective benefit from the characteristic spines on leaves and trunks of the palm.
Actions de conservation (1)Conservation Actions Classification Scheme — IUCNExpert
2_1Site/area management
Stress écologiques (11)Stresses Classification — IUCNExpert
1_1Ecosystem conversion1_1Ecosystem conversion1_2Ecosystem degradation1_2Ecosystem degradation1_2Ecosystem degradation2_1Species mortality2_2Species disturbance2_2Species disturbance2_2Species disturbance2_3_2Competition2_3_2Competition
Priorités de recherche (6)Research Needed Classification — IUCNExpert
1_2Population size, distribution & trends1_3Life history & ecology1_5Threats1_6Actions2_1Species Action/Recovery Plan3_1Population trends
Niche IUCN globaleRealms · Systems · LMEs · Growth forms · FAOs — biogéographie IUCNExpert
Royaumes biogéographiques
Neotropical
Systèmes (terrestre/eau douce/marin)
Terrestrial
Formes de croissance
Tree - size unknown
Références bibliographiques (5)Sources scientifiques de l'évaluation IUCNExpert
- IUCN. 2025. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-2. Available at: <a href="www.iucnredlist.org">www.iucnredlist.org</a>. (Accessed: 10 October 2025).
- BGCI. 2024. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) - PlantSearch. Available at: <a href="https://tools.bgci.org/plant_search.php">https://tools.bgci.org/plant_search.php</a>. (Accessed: 2024).
- Bachman, S., Moat, J., Hill, A.W., de la Torre, J. and Scott, B. 2011. Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT: geospatial conservation assessment tool. In: Smith, B. and Peneb, L. (eds), <i>e-Infrastructure for data publishing in biodiversity science</i>, pp. 117-126. Zoo Keys, 150.
- Salzman, V.T. and Judd, W.S. 1995. A revision of the Greater Antillean species of <i>Bactris</i> (Bactridinae: Arecaceae). <i>Brittonia</i> 47(4): 345-371.
- Adams, C.D. 1972. <i>Flowering Plants of Jamaica</i>. University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Évaluateurs & contributeurs (4)Personnes ayant contribué à l'évaluation IUCNExpert
assessor
Campbell, K.C.St.E.
contributor
Zona, S.
evaluator
Balick, M.
facilitators
Barker, A.
Campbell, K.C.St.E. 2025. Bactris jamaicana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T38429A2868848. Accessed on 05 May 2026.
Répartition mondiale
Aucune observation géoréférencée avec précision suffisante (<10 km) dans GBIF pour cette espèce.