Chelyocarpus ulei
Chelyocarpus ulei | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Chelyocarpus ulei". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ↑ 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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