Arecaceae

Chamaedorea Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 638 (1806), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Central & S. Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Florida, Hawaii

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 27, 2006 Baker, W.J.; Trudgen, M.S.; Weber, O.; Xanthos, M.; Briggs, M.; Crawford, F.; Jennings, L. [1984-160] K000462553 No
Monro, A. K.; Santamaría, D. [8246] Costa Rica K001581741 Yes
Monro, A. K.; Santamaría, D. [AKM8246] Costa Rica K001581757 Yes
K:SPC-29047.506 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000697839 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000697838 Type Yes
Cascante; Ruiz, A.; Vargas, G.; Volio, E. [124] Costa Rica K000520365 No
K:SPC-48139.000 No
Csiba, L. [Chase14859] Mexico K000667773 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0