594.000 Chamaedorea Willd.

COLLINIA (Liebm.) Liebm. ex Oerst.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Palms, small, unarmed; stems clustered, erect; leaf sheath tubular, unarmed. Leaves pinnate with leaf segments regularly spaced along rhachis. Inflorescence axillary below crown of leaves, ascending; peduncular bracts 5-6, tubular, papery, turning orange in fruit. Flowers sessile. Fruit drupes, globose, exocarp black. Seeds globose.

Worldwide: 107 species in tropical C and S America.

Zimbabwe: 10 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
cataractarum Mart.
costaricana Oerst.
elegans Mart.
glaucifolia H. Wendl.
metallica O.F. Cook ex H.E. Moore
microspadix Burret
oblongata Mart.
radicalis Mart.
seifrizii Burret
whitelockiana Hodel & N.W. Uhl

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chamaedorea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chamaedorea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chamaedorea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chamaedorea
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iNaturalist: Chamaedorea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chamaedorea
JSTOR Plant Science: Chamaedorea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chamaedorea
Plants of the World Online: Chamaedorea
Tropicos: Chamaedorea
Wikipedia: Chamaedorea