Parajubaea

Parajubaea
Parajubaea torallyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Cocoseae
Subtribe:	Attaleinae
Genus:	Parajubaea Burret
Type species
Parajubaea cocoides Burret

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
	Parajubaea cocoides Burret	mountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
	Parajubaea sunkha M.Moraes	Sunkha palm and palma de Zunkha	Bolivia
	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.

External links

• Media related to Parajubaea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Parajubaea at Wikispecies