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Ceroxylon
Sign in to saveCeroxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, known as Andean wax palms.
Species
Quindio Wax Palm
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 73
- With media
- 89
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- US, MO
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ceroxyleae
- Image
- Colwachspalme01.jpg
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- taxon name
- Ceroxylon
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Ceroxylon
- topic's main category
- Category:Ceroxylon
- taxon common name
- 蜡椰属
- taxonomic type
- Ceroxylon alpinum
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Ceroxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, known as Andean wax palms.
The species are almost exclusively montane and include the tallest palm (and thus tallest monocotyledon), C. quindiuense, which reaches in height, and species growing at the highest altitude of the palm family (Arecaceae), at more than in elevation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ceroxylon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.