Chelyocarpus ulei

Chelyocarpus ulei
Chelyocarpus ulei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Cryosophileae[1]
Genus: Chelyocarpus
Species: C. ulei
Binomial name
Chelyocarpus ulei
Dammer
Synonyms[2]

Tessmanniophoenix longibracteata Burret

Chelyocarpus ulei is a species of palm tree that is native to the western Amazon.

Description

Chelyocarpus ulei is a single-stemmed palm with fan-shaped leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 metres (3 ft 3.4 in to 26 ft 3.0 in) tall and 4 to 7 centimetres (1.6 to 2.8 in) in diameter.[3]

Taxonomy

Chelyocarpus ulei was described by Carl Dammer in 1920.[2]

References

  1. Dransfield, John; Natalie W. Uhl; Conny B. Asmussen; William J. Baker; Madeline M. Harley; Carl E. Lewis (2005). "A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family, Arecaceae". Kew Bulletin. 60 (4): 559–69. JSTOR 25070242.
  2. 1 2 "Chelyocarpus ulei". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  3. Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 39. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.


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