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Aiphanes hirsuta is a spiny palm from wet tropical forests of Central and northwest South America, closely related to the cultivated spiny palms of the genus Aiphanes. It is a species with four recognized subspecies, and it is not a common garden plant, so care notes below are general guidance for palms of this type.
Aiphanes hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.
Four subspecies are recognized:
Aiphanes acaulis · Aiphanes argos · Aiphanes bicornis · Aiphanes palm · Aiphanes deltoidea · Aiphanes duquei · Aiphanes eggersii · Aiphanes palm · Ruffle Palm · Aiphanes leiostachys · Aiphanes lindeniana · Aiphanes linearis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aiphanes hirsuta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
