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Phytelephas

Genus of plants

Species / taxontaxonQ161190

Scientific name: Phytelephas
Rank: genus
Parent taxon: Ceroxyloideae

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Phytelephas is a genus containing six known species of dioecious palms, occurring from southern Panama along the Andes to Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, northwestern Brazil, and Peru. They are commonly known as ivory palms, ivory-nut palms or tagua palms ; the scientific name Phytelephas means "plant ivory" or more literally, "plant elephant". This and the first two of the common names refer to the very hard white endosperm of their seeds, which resembles elephant ivory.

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Taxon common name: nut palm
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1.Stated in United States Department of Agriculture Plants DatabaseRetrieved 2016-06-07
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象牙椰子属
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1.Stated in A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios
2.Stated in Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III
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象牙棕属
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1.Stated in Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III
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象牙椰属
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1.Stated in Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III
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Taxonomic type: Phytelephas macrocarpa

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