594.000 Chamaedorea Willd.

COLLINIA (Liebm.) Liebm. ex Oerst.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Palms, small, unarmed; stems clustered, erect; leaf sheath tubular, unarmed. Leaves pinnate with leaf segments regularly spaced along rhachis. Inflorescence axillary below crown of leaves, ascending; peduncular bracts 5-6, tubular, papery, turning orange in fruit. Flowers sessile. Fruit drupes, globose, exocarp black. Seeds globose.

Worldwide: 107 species in tropical C and S America.

Zambia: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
elegans Mart.

Other sources of information about Chamaedorea:

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Chamaedorea

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chamaedorea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chamaedorea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chamaedorea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chamaedorea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Chamaedorea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chamaedorea
JSTOR Plant Science: Chamaedorea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chamaedorea
Plants of the World Online: Chamaedorea
Tropicos: Chamaedorea
Wikipedia: Chamaedorea

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Cultivated plants: genus page: Chamaedorea.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1674, retrieved 21 November 2024

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