Chamaedorea Willdenow 1806 (palm)

Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae

Parent taxon: Arecaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Amesoneuron, Archontophoenix, Areca, Arecipites, Arecoideae, Borassus, Calamopsis, Caryota, Cocos, Cocosocarpon, Coryphoideae, Echidiporites, Erythea, Eugeissona, Flabellaria, Friedemannia, Geonoma, Geonomites, Grimsdalea, Hyphaeneocarpon, Iriartea, Iriartites, Krempocarpon, Longapertites, Luminidites, Manicaria, Mauritiidites, Nipadites, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Phoenix, Calamus, Spinophyllum, Rhizopalmoxylon, Astrocaryum, Hemiphoenicites, Juranyia, Serenopsis, Lepidocaryinae, Versipalmicutis, Corypheae, Palaeospadix, Cocoopsis, Neozamia, Attaleinites, Latericutis, Perfossus, Palmophyllum, Sanmiguelia, Cocites, Latanites, Palmites, Eolirion, Palmocarpon, Palmostrobus, Bactrites, Palmaepollenites, Palmanthium, Palaeothrinax, Palmaepites, Anomophyllites, Rhapis, Burtinia, Caryotispermum, Perrandoa, Hyphaene

Subtaxa: Chamaedorea danae Chamaedorea danai

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at USGS locality 5679, 1/8 mile northeast of Rockland Mine, CO, Poison Canyon Fm (Paleocene of Colorado)

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