Parajubaea
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Parajubaea is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

 in the Arecaceae
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...

 family.
It contains the following species:
  • Sunkha Palm
    Parajubaea sunkha
    Parajubaea sunkha, Sunkha Palm or Palma de Zunkha, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It is endemic to Bolivia....

     (Parajubaea sunkha)
  • Palma De Pasobaya
    Parajubaea torallyi
    Parajubaea torallyi, commonly known as the Palma De Pasobaya or Bolivian Mountain Coconut, is a species of evergreen flowering plant of genus Parajubaea in the Arecaceae family. It is endemic to Bolivia, where it grows in dry forest on steep rocky slopes at 2,400-3,400 meters altitude, and now...

     (Parajubaea torallyi)
  • Coquitos
    Parajubaea cocoides
    Parajubaea cocoides, the Mountain Coconut, Coco Cumbe or Quito palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It occurs in Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia. It may be a cultivated variant of Parajubaea torallyi.-References:...

    (Parajubaea cocoides)
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