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Ceroxylon amazonicum
Galeano
Original
reference:
Caldasia 17: 398 (1995)
Morphology:
Canopy palm. Stem solitary, to 20 m tall, 15-25 cm in diameter, grey to white. Leaves to 5 m long; pinnae ca. 100 on each side, regularly inserted in one plane, horizontal, with the terminal part descending, the central ones 50-75 cm long and 4-5 cm wide, below with a thick, white to light brown, waxy indument. Inflorescences arching to pendulous, to 3 m long, branched 3 times. Fruits ca. 2 cm in diameter, smooth, red at maturity.
Distribution:
Endemic to SE Ecuador, where it occurs in premontane moist forest. It is the only species of Ceroxylon that occurs at so low elevations.
Conservation
status: Vulnerable
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IUCN criteria:
A1c, B2c
(Borchsenius & Skov 1999)
Common
names:
Paik
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(B. Bergmann #97896).
Ramo
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(B. Bergmann #97896).
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F. Borchsenius
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