Parajubaea
{{Short description|Genus of palms}}
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|image = Parajubaea torallyi kz1.jpg
|image_caption = Parajubaea torallyi
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|taxon = Parajubaea
|authority = Burret
|type_species =Parajubaea cocoides
|type_species_authority = Burret
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Parajubaea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.
They are native to the northern Andes mountains in northwestern South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=147488 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Species
The genus Parajubaea contains the following species:
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Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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120px | Parajubaea cocoides Burret | mountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
120px | Parajubaea sunkha M.Moraes | Sunkha palm and palma de Zunkha | Bolivia |
120px | Parajubaea torallyi (Mart.) Burret | palma de Pasobaya or Bolivian mountain coconut | Bolivia |
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Parajubaea|Parajubaea}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Parajubaea|Parajubaea}}
{{Arecaceae genera}}
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Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Max Burret
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