Trithrinax brasiliensis

Trithrinax brasiliensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is known as carandá, burití ^[2] or leque.^[3] It is considered a rare and endemic species in southern Brazil.^[4] It occurs in Argentina, southern Brazil,^[5] and eastern Bolivia, where it is popularly known to Spanish speakers as saó^[6] or saocito and to speakers of Chiquitano as baixhíxh.^[7] Nowadays it is considered a threatened species belonging to the category "In Danger" in the List of Threatened species of Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil.^[8]

Trithrinax brasiliensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Trithrinax
Species:	T. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Trithrinax brasiliensis Mart.