Calyptronoma rivalis

taxobox
name = "Calyptronoma"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Calyptronoma"
species = "C. rivalis"
binomial = "Calyptronoma rivalis"
binomial_authority = (O.F.Cook) L.H.Bailey
synonyms = "Cocops rivalis" O.F.Cookcite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=32771&repSynonym_id=44567&name_id=32771&status=true |title= "Calyptronoma rivalis"|accessdate=2007-09-24 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] "Calyptrogyne rivalis" (O.F.Cook) León "Calyptronoma quisqueyana" L.H.Bailey "Calyptrogyne quisqueyana" (L.H.Bailey) León|

"Calyptronoma rivalis" is a pinnately compound leaved palm species which is found in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.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. rivalis" stems grow singly and reach heights of 4-15 m, with stems 15-30 cm in diameter. It grows in waterlogged areas near the banks of streams; in Hispaniola is occurs below 450 m above sea level, and "Calyptronoma plumeriana" replaces it above that elevation.

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