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Ceroxylon - wax palms

liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales

Ceroxylon alpinum, Ceroxylon andicola, wax palm - palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles

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count Genus No Lateral branching axillary Ammandra 1/1 1 Aphandra 1/1 1 Ceroxylon 12/12 12 Juania 1/1 1 Oraniopsis 1/1 1 Phytelephas 6/6 4 2 Pseudophoenix 4/4 4 Ravenea 21/21 20 1 Ceroxyloideae 47/47 46 1 C.

Review of Vegetative Branching in the Palms (Arecaceae)

A revision of the Andean wax palms, Ceroxylon (Arecaceae).

DIVERSIDAD Y DISTRIBUCION DEL GENERO SALPICHROA (SOLANACEAE), CON ENFASIS EN LOS ANDES PERUANOS

Other palms live in tropical mountain habitats up to 3000 meters above sea level, such as species in the genus Ceroxylon which are all native to the Andes (Sanin & Galeano 2011).

Comunidades de palmas en los bosques tropicales de Madre de Dios de la Amazonia Peruana

Esta localidad se caracteriza por la presencia de amplias extensiones de potreros (areas destinadas al pastoreo de ganado bovino) y relictos de bosque, que mantienen poblaciones de palma de cera (Ceroxylon quindiense) (obs.

Densidad de ardilla roja (Sciurus granatensis) en habitats con diferentes coberturas vegetales en los Andes de Colombia

Pese a no ser recolectada, en la zona se registra Ceroxylon quindiuense H.

Estructura y composicion arborea de los Bosques del Diablo (San Felix, Salamina, Caldas), selva altoandina de la Cordillera Central Colombiana

SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS IN SOIL FUNCTION AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN THE BIOMASS OF Ceroxylon peruvianum Galeano, Sanin & Mejia FROM THE MIDDLE Utcubamba RIVER BASIN, AMAZONAS, PERU

Indicadores de sustentabilidad en funcion del suelo y retencion de carbono en la biomasa de Ceroxylon peruvianum Galeano, Sanin & Mejia en la cuenca media del rio Utcubamba, Amazonas, Peru