Parajubaea Explained

Parajubaea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.

They are native to the northern Andes mountains in northwestern South America.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The genus Parajubaea contains the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Parajubaea cocoides Burret	mountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
	Parajubaea sunkha M.Moraes	Sunkha palm and palma de Zunkha	Bolivia
	Parajubaea torallyi (Mart.) Burret	palma de Pasobaya or Bolivian mountain coconut	Bolivia

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=147488 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.