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Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana (coligallo palm)

Synonyms: Calyptrogyne sarapiquensis; Geonoma ghiesbreghtiana (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana, commonly called the coligallo palm (Spanish for rooster tail, a reference to the form of the leaf), is an understory palm native to Central America and southern Mexico, where it grows in tropical rainforests. Four subspecies are recognized:
View Wikipedia Record: Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana

Infraspecies

Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana ghiesbreghtiana
Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana glauca
Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana hondurensis
Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana spicigera

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Height [2]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Fruit Color [2]  Black

Protected Areas

Predators

Antirrhea pterocopha[3]
Dubiella fiscella[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0