Ceroxylon


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Related to Ceroxylon: Ceroxylon alpinum
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Noun 1. [画像:Ceroxylon - wax palms]Ceroxylon - wax palms
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
Ceroxylon alpinum, Ceroxylon andicola, wax palm - palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
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count Genus No Lateral branching axillary Ammandra 1/1 1 Aphandra 1/1 1 Ceroxylon 12/12 12 Juania 1/1 1 Oraniopsis 1/1 1 Phytelephas 6/6 4 2 Pseudophoenix 4/4 4 Ravenea 21/21 20 1 Ceroxyloideae 47/47 46 1 C.
Other palms live in tropical mountain habitats up to 3000 meters above sea level, such as species in the genus Ceroxylon which are all native to the Andes (Sanin & Galeano 2011).
Esta localidad se caracteriza por la presencia de amplias extensiones de potreros (areas destinadas al pastoreo de ganado bovino) y relictos de bosque, que mantienen poblaciones de palma de cera (Ceroxylon quindiense) (obs.
SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS IN SOIL FUNCTION AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN THE BIOMASS OF Ceroxylon peruvianum Galeano, Sanin & Mejia FROM THE MIDDLE Utcubamba RIVER BASIN, AMAZONAS, PERU