Chamaedorea, Croat94969--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 088.jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Florida, Hawaii (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Carchi
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
2.5 m tall; vine-like, leaning on the adjacent vegetation; rachis orange; berries yellow-orange.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Chamaedorea
Authorship
Willd.
