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Sinaloa hesper palm

Brahea aculeata

Sinaloa hesper palm
Photo: Daderot, Public domain
Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Tree, Palm
Native range
Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Brahea aculeata is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. This palm tree is endemic to northwestern Mexico, where it is native to Durango, Sinaloa, and Sonora states. It is a vulnerable species, threatened by habitat loss.

Other Brahea plants

Mexican Blue Palm · Rock palm · Apak Palm · Guadalupe palm · Brahea pimo · Brahea salvadorensis · Brahea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brahea aculeata 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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