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Vogels Wax Palm

Ceroxylon vogelianum

Vogels Wax Palm
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Native range
W. South America to NW. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ceroxylon vogelianum, also known as the Vogels wax palm, is a palm native to the Andes from Venezuela south to Peru in humid montane forest, at an elevation of 1900 – 2900 meters.

Where it grows

This species is present in the Andes from Venezuela to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It occurs in humid montane forest, between 1900–2900 meters of elevation, with sparse individuals.

Other Ceroxylon plants

Wax palm · Ramo palm · Ceroxylon ceriferum · Pumbo wax palm · Ceroxylon parvifrons · Ceroxylon parvum · Ceroxylon peruvianum · Wax palm · Ceroxylon sasaimae · Ceroxylon ventricosum · Ceroxylon palm

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceroxylon vogelianum 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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