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n. - A small genus of tall South American palms; wax palms.

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  • In the hills along the cordilleras there are other endemics such as Ceroxylon sasaimae, Odontoglossum crispum, Heliconia reptans, H. oleosa, H. huilensis, H. mutisiana,...
  • Want to see the lovely wax palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense) in the San Francisco Botanical Garden, or the Whistler prints exhibit at the University of Arizona Museum of Art?
  • Abundant populations of palms are common in the middle mountain ranges: "tagua" or ivory palm (Dictyocarium lamarckianum) between 900 and 1600 m and "palma de cera" or wax palm...
  • Mauritia flexuosa; and 4th, in the alpine regions, between seven and fifteen hundred toises high, Ceroxylon andicola, Oreodoxa frigida, Kunthia montana.
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