Editing Butia paraguayensis

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[[File:Butia_paraguayensis102.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''B. paraguayensis'']]
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===Common Names:===
The translation from the Guarani language to<br/>
Spanish would be "arrastradiza".<br/>
Also locally known as yata-i ponhi, or singly pogni.<br/>

===Habitat:===
Several small palms grow in pure sand to the north of an
area called botanicaly "Chaco" in South America, all
of the size of the grass of around. There grow also
small ''Syagrus,'' ''Acrocomias,'' ''Attaleas'' and ''Butias,''
all generally the size of the grass.

===Description:===
''Butia paraguayensis'' is a delicate, small and beautifull
palm, with subterranean trunk, growing in pure fine
sand. Leaves are large, grey and come from the
ground, and are typicaly lying on the ground. Petioles are
spineless. There is some variation within the species with respect to trunk
i.e. some plants do, others don't.
Fruits are yellow to orange, not edible; the seeds are
smaller then ''Butia yatay'', and not as easy to
germinate.
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===General:===
Unfortunately, this palms habitat is under threat,
because of its value as farmland. The palm has no
uses, other than the seed reputedly being good for fishing.
Within the species ''B. paraguayensis'' there are
several variations like ''Butia dyerana'', ''Butia poni'',
''Butia pungens'', ''Butia amadelpha'', ''Butia wildemaniana'',
but now all this variations are grouped into the
generical name of ''Butia paraguayensis'' with
subterranean trunk or with visible trunk and also
diferences in the size of the leaves.

===Culture:===
Prefers full sun in very well drained sandy soils.
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[[File:Butia_paraguayensis-1.jpg|frame|Figure 2. Young plant in a garden in Argentina.]]
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[[File:Butia_paraguayensis2L.jpg|frame|Figure 3. Plants in habitat on a hill near the ParanaThere are very large populations of "palmares" here.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Gaston Torres Vera, Cordoba, Argentina (Images copyright Argentina Palms)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Butia%20paraguayensis Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/dc2480be-a404-44b2-8281-36107a268762 PalmWeb],
[https://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:28166 eMonocot],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Butia+paraguayensis JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Butia+paraguayensis Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Butia+paraguayensis%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Butia+paraguayensis%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Butia+paraguayensis Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Butia+paraguayensis%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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