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Chamaedorea tepejilote

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Synonyms
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Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID64402de89708a393897525
Scientific name Chamaedorea tepejilote
Authority Liebm. in Mart.
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 308 (1849)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Nunnezharia casperiana (Klotzsch) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 730 (1891)
Nunnezharia tepejilote (Liebm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 731 (1891)
Nunnezharia wendlandiana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 730 (1891)
Stephanostachys casperiana Klotzsch ex Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 27 (1859)
Stephanostachys tepejilote Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 28 (1859)
Stephanostachys wendlandiana Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 28 (1859)
Chamaedorea anomospadix Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 763 (1933)
Chamaedorea casperiana Klotzsch Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 363 (1852)
Chamaedorea columbica Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 42 (1934)
Chamaedorea exorrhiza H.Wendl. ex Guillaumin Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 28: 542 (1922)
Chamaedorea sphaerocarpa Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 762 (1933)
Chamaedorea wendlandiana Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 407 (1885)
Chamaedorea wendlandiana (Oerst.) H.Wendl. Palmiers 240 1878
Edanthe veraepacis O.F.Cook Natl. Hort. Mag. 18: 172 (1939)

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Language Common/alternative name
English pacaya palm
Spanish palma pacaya
French palmier pacaya
Chinese 特佩希竹节椰

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000839378
Tropicos 2400338
INPN 448153
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54964-2
The Plant List kew-37671
Open Tree Of Life 115407
NCBI Taxonomy 348503
IUCN Red List 58410118
IPNI 54964-2
iNaturalist 276546
GBIF 2734551
Freebase /m/0wypgz_
EPPO CMDTE
EOL 1091044
USDA GRIN 10121
Wikipedia Chamaedorea_tepejilote

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_057415585.1 ASM5741558v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2026-05-12 60 608.06 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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The In Vitro Inhibitory Activity of Pacaya Palm Rachis versus Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme, α-Glucosidase and α-Amylase Bernardino-Nicanor A, Fernández-Avalos S, Juárez-Goiz JM, Montañez-Soto JL, González-Cruz L Plants (Basel) 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10856824
doi:10.3390/plants13030400
PMID:38337933
Genetic diversity and phylogeographic patterns of the dioecious palm Chamaedorea tepejilote (Arecaceae) in Costa Rica: the role of mountain ranges and possible refugia Fuchs EJ, Cascante-Marín A, Madrigal-Brenes R, Quesada M AoB Plants 17-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9840212
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plac060
PMID:36654989
Bird conservation status and cultural values in Indigenous Mexican communities: towards a bioculturally informed conservation policy Alcántara-Salinas G, Hunn ES, Ibáñez-Bravo ME, Aldasoro-Maya EM, Flores-Hernández N, Pérez-Sato JA, Real-Luna N, Trujillo RA, Lope-Alzina D, Rivera-Hernández JE J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9719214
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00567-z
PMID:36461060
Traditional Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antituberculosis Drugs: A System Review Xu Y, Liang B, Kong C, Sun Z Biomed Res Int 08-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8448615
doi:10.1155/2021/9910365
PMID:34541000
Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections Cunha AR, Soares AL, Brilhante M, Arsénio P, Vasconcelos T, Espírito-Santo D, Duarte MC, Romeiras MM Plants (Basel) 04-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8309379
doi:10.3390/plants10071367
PMID:34371570
A Regional Approach Shows Differences Among Invasive Ants Solenopsis geminata and Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Within Its Native Range of Distribution Rojas P, Fragoso C J Insect Sci 17-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8210469
doi:10.1093/jisesa/ieab039
PMID:34137894
Redox-related gene expression and sugar accumulation patterns are altered in the edible inflorescence produced by the cultivated form of pacaya palm (Chamaedorea tepejilote) Hosni H, Diallo A, Morcillo F, Vaissayre V, Collin M, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Dussert S, Joët T, Castaño F, Marquínez X, Stauffer FW, Hodel DR, Castillo Mont JJ, Adam H, Jouannic S, Tregear JW Ann Bot 12-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8324030
doi:10.1093/aob/mcab060
PMID:33978714
Nahua biocultural richness: an ethnoherpetological perspective Linares-Rosas MI, Gómez B, Aldasoro-Maya EM, Casas A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8115869
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00460-1
PMID:33980252
A uniquely patterned new species of Emesis from Honduras (Riodinidae) Gallardo RJ, Zhang J, Cong Q, Shen J, Grishin NV Trop Lepid Res 02-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC8562727
doi:10.5281/zenodo.4966751
PMID:34733400
Modifications of the Protein Characteristics of Pacaya Caused by Thermal Treatment: A Spectroscopic, Electrophoretic and Morphological Study Hernández-Castillo JB, Bernardino-Nicanor A, Vivar-Vera MD, Montañez-Soto JL, Teniente-Martínez G, Juárez-Goiz JM, González-Cruz L Polymers (Basel) 30-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7285206
doi:10.3390/polym12051016
PMID:32365750
Immunomodulatory effects and structure-activity relationship of botanical pentacyclic triterpenes: A review Harun NH, Septama AW, Ahmad WA, Suppian R Chin Herb Med 04-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC9476727
doi:10.1016/j.chmed.2019.11.007
PMID:36119799
Identification of sex-linked markers in the sexually cryptic coco de mer: are males and females produced in equal proportions? Morgan EJ, Kaiser-Bunbury CN, Edwards PJ, Scharmann M, Widmer A, Fleischer-Dogley F, Kettle CJ AoB Plants 18-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6964228
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plz079
PMID:31976055
The potential of plant systems to break the HIV‐TB link Habibi P, Daniell H, Soccol CR, Grossi‐de‐Sa MF Plant Biotechnol J 18-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6737023
doi:10.1111/pbi.13110
PMID:30908823
Nitrogen input by bamboos in neotropical forest: a new perspective Padgurschi MC, Vieira SA, Stefani EJ, Nardoto GB, Joly CA PeerJ 29-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6275114
doi:10.7717/peerj.6024
PMID:30519513
Higher agrobiodiversity is associated with improved dietary diversity, but not child anthropometric status, of Mayan Achí people of Guatemala Luna-González DV, Sørensen M Public Health Nutr 03-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC10260805
doi:10.1017/S1368980018000617
PMID:29611490

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