Ceroxylon parvum
{{Short description|Species of palm}}
{{Speciesbox
|genus = Ceroxylon
|species = parvum
|authority = Galeano
}}
Ceroxylon parvum is a species of Ceroxylon native to the slopes of the Andes.{{cite web |title=Ceroxylon parvum Galeano |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:306904-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 January 2024}}
Description
Ceroxylon parvum is the smallest Ceroxylon species, the trunks reaching a maximum of 9 meters and 0.10-0.18 m in diameter.{{cite book |last1=Riffle |first1=R.L. |last2=Craft |first2=P. |last3=Zona |first3=S. |title=The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms |date=2012 |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon |page=304 |edition=2nd |chapter=Ceroxylon parvum}}
Distribution and Habitat
Ceroxylon parvum grows in the eastern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, in rainforests and clearings at altitudes of 1370 to 1740 m. A second population in southern Peru and western Bolivia was previously included in this species, but is now recognised as Ceroxylon pityrophyllum.{{cite journal |last1=Sanín |first1=M.J. |last2=Kissling |first2=W.D. |last3=Bacon |first3=C.D. |last4=Borchsenius |first4=F. |last5=Galeano |first5=G. |last6=Svenning |first6=J.-C. |last7=Olivera |first7=J. |last8=Ramírez |first8=R. |last9=Trenel |first9=P. |last10=Pintaud |first10=j.-C. |title=The Neogene rise of the tropical Andes facilitated diversification of wax palms (Ceroxylon: Arecaceae) through geographical colonization and climatic niche separation |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |date=2016 |volume=182 |pages=303–317 |doi=10.1111/boj.12419}}