Biology:Parajubaea

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Parajubaea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.

Species in this genus are native to the northern Andes mountains in northwestern South America.[1][2]

Parajubaea is named after King Juba II.[3]

Species

The genus Parajubaea contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
120px Parajubaea cocoides Burret mountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
120px Parajubaea sunkha M.Moraes Sunkha palm and palma de Zunkha Bolivia
120px Parajubaea torallyi (Mart.) Burret palma de Pasobaya or Bolivian mountain coconut Bolivia

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Briones, Julià Molero; Pereira, Trinidad Arcos; Carrasco, María Dolores García de Paso; Reyes-Betancort, Jorge Alfredo; Santos‐Guerra, Arnoldo; Jestrow, Brett; Francisco‐Ortega, Javier (2025-04-30). "On the Macaronesian endemic woody spurge Euphorbia regis‐jubae Webb & Berthel. and eponyms honouring the Numidian King Juba II (48 BCE –23/24 CE)". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. doi:10.1111/CURT.12623. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134297198. 
  • Data related to Parajubaea at Wikispecies

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