Parajubaea

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Parajubaea
Parajubaea torallyi kz1.jpg
Parajubaea torallyi
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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.

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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:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Parajubaea-cocoides-AK.jpg Parajubaea cocoides Burretmountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Parajubaea sunkha.jpg Parajubaea sunkha M.MoraesSunkha palm and palma de Zunkha Bolivia
Parajubaea torallyi CFGs394.jpg Parajubaea torallyi (Mart.) Burretpalma 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.