Kingdom Plantae Family Arecaceae Tribe Cryosophileae Scientific name Chelyocarpus ulei | Order Arecales Subfamily Coryphoideae Genus Chelyocarpus Rank Species | |
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Similar Chelyocarpus, Bactris maraja, Geonoma deversa, Lepidocaryum, Chamaedorea pinnatifrons | ||
Chelyocarpus ulei palm at fairchild miami
Chelyocarpus ulei is a species of palm tree that is native to the western Amazon.
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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.
Taxonomy
Chelyocarpus ulei was described by Carl Dammer in 1920.
References
Chelyocarpus ulei Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA