Английская Википедия:Ceroxylon

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Ceroxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, known as Andean wax palms.[1][2][3]

The species are almost exclusively montane and include the tallest palm (and thus tallest monocotyledon), C. quindiuense, which reaches Шаблон:Convert in height, and species growing at the highest altitude of the palm family (Arecaceae), at more than Шаблон:Convert in elevation.

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek Шаблон:Wikt-lang (Шаблон:Grc-tr ("wax") and Шаблон:Wikt-lang (Шаблон:Grc-tr, "wood").

Description

Ceroxylon palms develop single, smooth, wax-covered, often whitish cylindrical trunks encircled by ringed leafbase scars. Ceroxylon species are dioecious (the individual plant produces flowers of only one sex). Leaves are pinnate. Inflorescences emerge from among, and often project conspicuously beyond the leaves. Round fruits, up to one inch in diameter, are red or orange at maturity. Many Ceroxylon species are endangered by habitat destruction.

Two species of Andean wax palms, C. quindiuense and C. alpinum, provide nesting sites and food for a species of Colombian parrot now in danger of extinction, Ognorhynchus icterotis.

Uses

In Colombia, Ceroxylon palms are frequently harvested for their wood. Ceroxylon palm leaves are also used in Palm Sunday ceremonies.[4]

Cultivation

Several Ceroxylon species, including C. quindiuense, C. alpinum, C. vogelianum, C. ventricosum, and C. parvifrons, are cultivated as ornamental trees outside their native range in cool, humid, mild climates with minimal frosts, such as parts of Australia, coastal California, Hawai'i, New Zealand, South Africa, and coastal Western Europe. The Jose Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden in Bogotá, Colombia, contains an extensive planting of Ceroxylon palms. Other public gardens where cultivated Ceroxylon spp. can be viewed include the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, the Huntington Botanical Gardens, in Pasadena (near Los Angeles), California, and the Oakland Palmetum at the Lakeside Garden Center in Oakland, California.

Species

The genus contains the following species:[3]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Файл:Chonta - Palma real (Ceroxylon alpinum) (14329134127).jpg Ceroxylon alpinum Bonpl. ex DC. Colombia, Venezuela
Ceroxylon amazonicum Galeano Ecuador
Файл:Palma de cera de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Ceroxylon ceriferum) - Flickr - Alejandro Bayer (1).jpg Ceroxylon ceriferum (H.Karst.) Pittier Colombia, Venezuela
Файл:3.cerox.echin (14616907378).jpg Ceroxylon echinulatum Galeano Ecuador, Peru
Файл:Ceroxylon parvifrons - Val Rahmeh - DSC04274.JPG Ceroxylon parvifrons (Engel) H.Wendl. Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Ceroxylon parvum Galeano Ecuador
Ceroxylon peruvianum Galeano, Sanín & K.Mejia Peru
Ceroxylon pityrophyllum (Mart.) Mart. ex H.Wendl. Peru, Bolivia
Файл:La palma de cera.jpg Ceroxylon quindiuense (H.Karst.) H.Wendl. Colombia
Файл:Ceroxylon sasaimae 67008730.jpg Ceroxylon sasaimae Galeano Antioquia, Cundinamarca
Файл:4.cerox.ventri (14800418341).jpg Ceroxylon ventricosum Burret Colombia, Ecuador
Файл:1.cerox.vogel (14801190894).jpg Ceroxylon vogelianum (Engel) H.Wendl. Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite journal
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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