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Cryosophila warscewiczii

Cryosophila warscewiczii
Cryosophila warscewiczii - Balboa Park Botanical Building - DSC06783.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Cryosophila
Species: C. warscewiczii
Binomial name
Cryosophila warscewiczii
(H.Wendl.) Bartlett

Cryosophila warscewiczii is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, endemic to Central America. It is a tree with palmate leaves, growing to 10 meters in height with trunk 10–15 cm. in diameter above its enlarged base. Much of the trunk bears spines transformed from roots.



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