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Chelyocarpus ulei

Chelyocarpus ulei
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Chelyocarpus ulei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Cryosophileae
Genus: Chelyocarpus
Species: C. ulei
Binomial name
Chelyocarpus ulei
Dammer
Synonyms

Tessmanniophoenix longibracteata Burret


Tessmanniophoenix longibracteata Burret

Chelyocarpus ulei is a species of palm tree that is native to the western Amazon.

Chelyocarpus ulei is a single-stemmed palm with fan-shaped leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 metres (3 ft 3.4 in to 26 ft 3.0 in) tall and 4 to 7 centimetres (1.6 to 2.8 in) in diameter.

Chelyocarpus ulei was described by Carl Dammer in 1920.



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