Parajubaea | |
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Parajubaea torallyi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
Tribe: | Cocoseae |
Genus: | Parajubaea Burret |
Type species | |
Parajubaea cocoides |
Parajubaea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.
They are native to the northern Andes mountains in northwestern South America.[1][2]
Species
The genus Parajubaea contains the following species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Parajubaea cocoides Burret | mountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | |
Parajubaea sunkha M.Moraes | Sunkha palm and palma de Zunkha | Bolivia | |
Parajubaea torallyi (Mart.) Burret | palma de Pasobaya or Bolivian mountain coconut | Bolivia | |
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
External links
- Media related to Parajubaea at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Parajubaea at Wikispecies
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