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Wettinia is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae. The genus, established in 1837, contains some 20 species, but more seem to await discovery considering that 4 species—W. aequatorialis, W. lanata, W. minima and W. panamensis—were described as late as 1995. The genus is broadly divided into two groups. One group has the fruits tightly packed, while the other, formerly classified as genus Catoblastus, has fruits scattered along the inflorescence branches. It is not known whether these groups are both monophyletic. The genus is named after Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, of the House of Wettin.
Members of this genus are found in Panama and in northern and northwestern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil). Although none of the species are frost-tolerant, they are found primarily in cooler and higher-altitude locations, up to 2,200 m (7,200 ft) in the case of Wettinia kalbreyeri, and are particularly prevalent along the foothills of the Andes.
Wettinia aequatorialis · Wettinia anomala · Wettinia disticha · Wettinia drudei · Wettinia fascicularis · Wettinia hirsuta · Macana Palm · Wettinia longipetala · Wettinia minima
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