Chelyocarpus
Chelyocarpus
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species Arecaceae
Morphological Summary
Genus of fan palms in subfamily Coryphoideae, native to the Amazon basin and tropical forests of northwestern South America. Their rounded leaves are distinguished by being divided almost to the base into pairs of fused segments.
Distribution Amazon basin: Peru, Bolivia, western Brazil, and Colombia.
Conservation Data Deficient for most species; habitat threatened by Amazonian deforestation.
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Chelyocarpus ulei
Amazonian Fan Palm
Specimen ID RN-CHLY-00001
Origin América del Sur
Type Palm