Calyptronoma occidentalis

taxobox
name = "Calyptronoma"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Calyptronoma"
species = "C. occidentalis"
binomial = "Calyptronoma occidentalis"
binomial_authority = (Sw.) H.E.Moore
synonyms = "Elaeis occidentalis" Sw. "Calyptronoma swartzii" Griseb., nom. illeg. "Geonoma swartzii" Griseb., nom. illeg. "Calyptrogyne swartzii" Hook.f. "Calyptrogyne occidentalis" (Sw.) M.Gómez "Calyptrogyne victorinii" Leóncite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=32768&repSynonym_id=66344&name_id=32768&status=true |title= "Calyptronoma occidentalis"|accessdate=2007-09-24 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] |

"Calyptronoma occidentalis" is a pinnately compound leaved palm species which is endemic to Jamaica.cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson |coauthors=Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal|title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 0-691-08537-4 ] "C. occidentalis" stems grow singly and reach heights of 7-12 m, with stems 17-20 cm in diameter. It grows in waterlogged areas near the banks of streams, up to an elevation of 800 m above sea level.

The species was first described by Swedish botanist Olof Swartz in 1797 in his "Flora Indiae Occidentalis".

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