Chamaedorea brachypoda
COMMON NAME | None known |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | A small, clustering
understory palm native to the wet lowland forest on the Atlantic slopes of
Guatamala (near the town of Izabal) and Honduras. It spreads through
underground runners, forming clonal colonies. Even so, it is critically
endangered in the wild. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Guatamala and Honduras |
NATIVE HABITAT | Wet lowland forest on
the Atlantic slope; to 150 m elevation |
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