Ceroxylon ceriferum — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/Ceroxylon

At a glance

Occurrence records78

Data sources4

Biological traits30

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Ceroxylon ceriferum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility78 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources30 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF78 records

01Narrative

Ceroxylon ceriferum, also known as the Sacred wax palm is a species of Ceroxylon from Colombia and Venezuela.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Fruit length16.5 mm

Fruit width16.5 mm

Fruit width max18 mm

Fruit width min15 mm

Plant height20 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 20 m · TRY: 25 m

Plant height max25 m

Life cycle & reproduction6

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeanimal

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Self fertilizationabsent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 800 m

Elevation min1 900 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourorange

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTcanopy

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits5

Dbh max30 cm

Defenseno

Leaf spinesno

Shoot length max2 500 cm

Shoot orientationerect

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type78 records

Wild obs. + sensor37

Museum / vouchered41

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO160 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 35

35 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor37

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2

2 georeferenced · 39 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence41

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	20
Bronx, US	9
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record	4
Xiamen, CN	3

4 institutions · 36 of 41 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code