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Chamaedorea elegans (Parlour palm)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family: Arecaceae > Genus: Chamaedorea

Chamaedorea elegans (Parlor palm)

Chamaedorea elegans (Parlor palm) under cultivation in the Palm House of the Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native to Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Cultivated in subtropical gardens and as a house plant, including in southern Africa.

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