Chelyocarpus ulei

Chelyocarpus ulei
Chelyocarpus ulei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Cryosophileae[1]
Genus:	Chelyocarpus
Species:	C. ulei
Binomial name
Chelyocarpus ulei Dammer
Synonyms[2]
Tessmanniophoenix longibracteata Burret

Chelyocarpus ulei is a species of palm tree that is native to the western Amazon.

Description

Chelyocarpus ulei is a single-stemmed palm with fan-shaped leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 metres (3 ft 3.4 in to 26 ft 3.0 in) tall and 4 to 7 centimetres (1.6 to 2.8 in) in diameter.^[3]

Taxonomy

Chelyocarpus ulei was described by Carl Dammer in 1920.^[2]

References

1. ^ Dransfield, John; Natalie W. Uhl, Conny B. Asmussen, William J. Baker, Madeline M. Harley, Carl E. Lewis (2005). "A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family, Arecaceae". Kew Bulletin 60 (4): 559–69. JSTOR 25070242. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Chelyocarpus ulei". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=38892&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=38892&status=true. Retrieved 20 April 2010. 
3. ^ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 39. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.