Parajubaea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Cocoseae
Subtribus: Attaleinae
Genus: Parajubaea
Species: P. cocoides – P. sunkha – P. torallyi
Name

Parajubaea Burret, 1930

Type Species: Parajubaea cocoides Burret.

References

Burret, K.E.M., 1930. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 48

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Parajubaea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Parajubaea. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Parajubaea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Parajubaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 02.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Parajubaea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
IUCN link: Parajubaea threatened species

Vernacular names
English: South American coconut palms
русский: Параюбея

Parajubaea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.

They are native to the northern Andes mountains in northwestern South America.[1][2]
Species

The genus Parajubaea contains the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Parajubaea cocoides Burret	mountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
	Parajubaea sunkha M.Moraes	Sunkha palm and palma de Zunkha	Bolivia
	Parajubaea torallyi (Mart.) Burret	palma de Pasobaya or Bolivian mountain coconut	Bolivia

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.