Chelyocarpus ulei
Encyclopedia
Chelyocarpus ulei is a species of palm
tree that is native to the western Amazon
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leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 m (3.3 to 26.2 ) tall and 4 to 7 cm (1.6 to 2.8 ) in diameter.
in 1920.
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
tree that is native to the western Amazon
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
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Description
Chelyocarpus ulei is a single-stemmed palm with fan-shapedFan palm
Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms in various genera with leaves that are palmately compound...
leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 m (3.3 to 26.2 ) tall and 4 to 7 cm (1.6 to 2.8 ) in diameter.
Taxonomy
Chelyocarpus ulei was described by Carl DammerCarl Lebrecht Udo Dammer
Carl Lebrecht Udo Dammer was a German botanist.- Work :* Handbuch für Pflanzensammler . Stuttgart 1891.* Anleitung für Pflanzensammler . Stuttgart 1894....
in 1920.