Ceroxylon ceriferum

Species of palm

Ceroxylon ceriferum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Ceroxylon
Species:
C. ceriferum
Binomial name
Ceroxylon ceriferum
(H.Karst.) Pittier
Synonyms
  • Beethovenia cerifera Engl.
  • Ceroxylon beethovenia Burret
  • Ceroxylon ceriferum (H. Karst.) H. Wendl.
  • Ceroxylon interruptum (H.Karst.) H.Wendl.
  • Ceroxylon klopstockia Mart.
  • Ceroxylon schultzei Burret
  • Iriartea klopstockia W.Watson
  • Iriartea nivea W.Watson
  • Klopstockia cerifera H.Karst.
  • Klopstockia interrupta H.Karst.

Ceroxylon ceriferum, also known as the Sacred wax palm is a species of Ceroxylon from northern Colombia and Venezuela.[1]

Habitat

C. ceriferum is a rainforest species growing at altitudes of 1800 to 2700 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ceroxylon ceriferum in Tropicos".
  2. ^ Riffle, R.L.; Craft, P.; Zona, S. (2012). "Ceroxylon ceriferum". The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms (2nd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 304.
  • Media related to Ceroxylon ceriferum at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Ceroxylon ceriferum at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Ceroxylon ceriferum
  • Wikidata: Q15462550
  • Wikispecies: Ceroxylon ceriferum
  • CoL: T4P4
  • EoL: 1090931
  • GBIF: 2731851
  • iNaturalist: 364558
  • IPNI: 53436-2
  • NCBI: 1548523
  • Observation.org: 407670
  • Open Tree of Life: 3947873
  • Plant List: kew-37254
  • POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53436-2
  • Tropicos: 100167476
  • WFO: wfo-0000835312
Klopstockia cerifera


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