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Taxon:  Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm. ex Mart.



Summary
Genus:
Chamaedorea
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Chamaedoreeae
Nomen number:
10121
Place of publication:
Hist. nat. palm. 3:308. 1849
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  2. Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
  3. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  4. Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas
  5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  6. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:136, 174.
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  9. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Common names
English
pacaya palm –
German
Pacaya –
Spanish
pacaya –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaChocó 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaValle del Cauca 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia [Valle del Cauca, Chocó]
Cultivated
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10121. Accessed 23 May 2025.