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Aiphanes duquei

Aiphanes duquei
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0
Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Native range
Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aiphanes duquei is a species of palm that is endemic to Colombia. Known from only a small area in the Cordillera Occidental, it is threatened by habitat loss and forest management practices.

Where it grows

Aiphanes duquei is endemic to an area of 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi) in the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia. It is found in cloudy, lower montane wet and rain forests, primarily in the Munchique and Farallones de Cali National Parks.

Other Aiphanes plants

Aiphanes acaulis · Aiphanes argos · Aiphanes bicornis · Aiphanes palm · Aiphanes deltoidea · Aiphanes eggersii · Aiphanes palm · Aiphanes hirsuta · Ruffle Palm · Aiphanes leiostachys · Aiphanes lindeniana · Aiphanes linearis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aiphanes duquei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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