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Butia matogrossensis is a small species of Butia palm with a trunk of only 0.5 m (20 in) in height or often subterranean, native to the cerrados of the centre, central-east, northeast and likely north of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, after which it is named, in south-central Brazil. It also occurs in neighbouring south-central Goiás to the north. It is endemic to Brazil, occurring only in this country.
Seeds are difficult to germinate. According to one grower the best results were obtained germinating them in quite dry peat. USDA hardiness zone 9b.
Seed has been sold by speciality seed vendors since at least 2015. Seedlings have been sold in Germany.
It is native to the cerrados of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in south-central Brazil. In 2015 Soares wrote that it had a very restricted distribution in the east of Mato Grosso do Sul in the neighbouring municipalities of Água Clara and Três Lagoas, but as of 2017 more collection localities have been identified. These include collections in the municipalities of Campo Grande and Terenos by A.C. Marcato in 2001 (at the University of São Paulo herbarium), collections in Campo Grande in 2005 and Inocência in 2008 by Roberto Tsuji (at the Jardim Botânico Plantarum) in the central and north-eastern regions of Mato Grosso do Sul.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Butia matogrossensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
