Chamaedorea costaricana Oerst. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Chamaedorea

Family:

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Subfamily:

Arecoideae

Tribe:

Chamaedoreeae

Nomen number:

10107

Place of publication:

Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858:19. 1859 "costaricanas"

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Omanthe costaricana (Oerst.) O. F. Cook

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:135.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Standley, P. C. 1937-1939. Flora of Costa Rica.

Common names

Spanish
pacaya –
Swedish
costaricapalm –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica

Native
Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica

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=10107. Accessed 24 May 2025.

Taxon: Chamaedorea costaricana Oerst.