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Chamaedorea elegans

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID64402dc6b18a9900881816
Scientific name Chamaedorea elegans
Authority Mart.
First published in Linnaea 5: 204 (1830)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Kunthia deppii hort. ex Zucc. Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 245 (1834)
Neanthe bella O.F.Cook Science , n.s., 86: 122 (1937)
Neanthe elegans (Mart.) O.F.Cook Science , n.s., 86: 122 (1937)
Neanthe neesiana O.F.Cook Science , n.s., 86: 122 (1937)
Nunnezharia elegans (Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 730 (1891)
Nunnezharia pulchella (Linden) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 731 (1891)
Chamaedorea elegans var. angustifolia M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(1): 122 (1843)
Chamaedorea helleriana Klotzsch Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 362 (1852)
Chamaedorea pulchella Linden Cat. Gén. 117: 4 (1887)
Chamaedorea pulchella Linden ex Hemsl. Bot. Mag. 130: t. 7959 1904
Chamaedorea deppeana Klotzsch Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 362 (1852)
Collinia elegans (Mart.) Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 6 (1859)

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Language Common/alternative name
English good luck palm
English parlour palm
English parlor palm
Afrikaans dwergpalm
Bulgarian изящна хамедорея
Czech oštěpuška nádherná
Persian شامادورا الگانس
Finnish sirovuoripalmu
Finnish vuoripalmu
Hebrew כמדוריאה עדינה
Japanese テーブルヤシ
Korean 테이블야자
Norwegian Bokmål dvergfjærpalme
Dutch bergpalm
Polish chamedora wytworna
Punjab بیٹھک پام
Portuguese camedórea-elegante
Russian Хамедорея изящная
Serbian Палма среће
Telugu చమడోరియా ఎలిగాన్స్
Chinese 秀丽竹节椰
Chinese 袖珍椰
Chinese 袖珍椰子
Chinese 袖珍竹节椰
Chinese 矮棕
Chinese 客厅棕
Chinese 客室棕
Chinese 袖珍棕
Chinese 矮生椰子

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000837986
USDA Plants CHEL5
Tropicos 2400297
INPN 629310
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54865-2
The Plant List kew-37528
Missouri Botanical Garden 276650
Open Tree Of Life 911747
NCBI Taxonomy 348465
IPNI 54865-2
iNaturalist 283400
GBIF 2734661
Freebase /m/04110dc
EPPO CMDEL
EOL 1090976
USDA GRIN 10109
Wikipedia Chamaedorea_elegans

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_057415665.1 ASM5741566v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2026-05-12 60 362.42 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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A systematic review on mitigation of common indoor air pollutants using plant-based methods: a phytoremediation approach Kumar R, Verma V, Thakur M, Singh G, Bhargava B Air Qual Atmos Health 11-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005924
doi:10.1007/s11869-023-01326-z
PMID:37359395
Comparison of Methyl Bromide and Ethyl Formate for Fumigation of Snail and Fly Pests of Imported Orchids Kwon TH, Kim DB, Lee BH, Cha DH, Park MG Insects 10-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9866921
doi:10.3390/insects14010066
PMID:36661994
Plasticity in Compensatory Growth to Artificial Defoliation and Light Availability in Four Neotropical Understory and Forest Edge Herb Species Sun JW, Sharifi MR, Rundel PW Biology (Basel) 19-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9598688
doi:10.3390/biology11101532
PMID:36290435
Plastome structure, phylogenomic analyses and molecular dating of Arecaceae Chen DJ, Landis JB, Wang HX, Sun QH, Wang Q, Wang HF Front Plant Sci 27-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9552784
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.960588
PMID:36237503
Bactris gasipaes Kunth var. gasipaes complete plastome and phylogenetic analysis Buitrago Acosta MC, Montúfar R, Guyot R, Mariac C, Tranbarger TJ, Restrepo S, Couvreur TL Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 26-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9423826
doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2109437
PMID:36046105
Original karst tiankeng with underground virgin forest as an inaccessible refugia originated from a degraded surface flora in Yunnan, China Shui W, Chen Y, Jian X, Jiang C, Wang Q, Zeng Y, Zhu S, Guo P, Li H Sci Rep 07-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9174222
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-13678-0
PMID:35672447
A Tissue-Chopping Based Immunofluorescence Staining Method for Chloroplast Proteins Wang L, Tang M, Huang W, An J, Liu X, Gao H Front Plant Sci 19-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9161302
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.910569
PMID:35665184
Palm Foliage as Pathways of Pathogenic Botryosphaeriaceae Fungi and Host of New Lasiodiplodia Species from Mexico Douanla-Meli C, Scharnhorst A Pathogens 08-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8541634
doi:10.3390/pathogens10101297
PMID:34684246
Semi-field assessment of the Gravid Aedes Trap (GAT) with the aim of controlling Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti populations Eiras AE, Costa LH, Batista-Pereira LG, Paixão KS, Batista EP PLoS One 29-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8084243
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250893
PMID:33914837
Frequency-doubled femtosecond Er-doped fiber laser for two-photon excited fluorescence imaging Stachowiak D, Bogusławski J, Głuszek A, Łaszczych Z, Wojtkowski M, Soboń G Biomed Opt Express 20-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7449741
doi:10.1364/BOE.396878
PMID:32923054
Heritability of growth and leaf loss compensation in a long-lived tropical understorey palm Jansen M, Zuidema PA, van Ast A, Bongers F, Malosetti M, Martínez-Ramos M, Núñez-Farfán J, Anten NP PLoS One 02-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6497226
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209631
PMID:31048845
Chronic leaf harvesting reduces reproductive success of a tropical dry forest palm in northern Mexico Lopez-Toledo L, Perez-Decelis A, Macedo-Santana F, Cuevas E, Endress BA PLoS One 18-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6193635
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205178
PMID:30335793
Pest risk assessment of Radopholus similis for the EU territory Jeger M, Bragard C, Caffier D, Candresse T, Chatzivassiliou E, Dehnen‐Schmutz K, Gilioli G, Grégoire J, Jaques Miret JA, MacLeod A, Navajas Navarro M, Niere B, Parnell S, Potting R, Rafoss T, Rossi V, Van Bruggen A, Van Der Werf W, West J, Winter S, Schans J, Kozelska S, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Urek G EFSA J 23-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC7009971
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4879
PMID:32625607
Host Specificity of Epiplema albida: A Potential Biological Control Agent for Sri Lankan Privet in the Mascarene Islands Shaw RH, Cock MJ Insects 28-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5620697
doi:10.3390/insects8030077
PMID:28788086
The genus Bipolaris Manamgoda DS, Rossman AY, Castlebury LA, Crous PW, Madrid H, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD Stud Mycol 13-Nov-2014
PMCID:PMC4255534
doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.10.002
PMID:25492990

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Cannigenin 182281 Click to see 432.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50033A003

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