Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Mexico, Veracruz
18.541111, -95.196389
Location Remarks
Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.
Collectors
Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith
Location
United States, Idaho, Idaho (Mathias Botanical Garden)
-14.423056, -67.923889
Location Remarks
Los Angeles. UCLA campus, Westwood
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Mexico, Chiapas
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
Angelita Lopez-Cruz, Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Hector Gomez-Dominguez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
United States, Illinois (Garfield Park Conservatory)
Location Remarks
300 N. Central Park, between 5th Ave. & Carroll Ave., Chicago
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Chamaedorea
Specific Epithet
tepejilote
Authorship
Liebm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#254,684 of 335,497
Top 76%
Extinction probability
5%