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Ammandra decasperma
Ammandra is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the palm family found in Colombia and Ecuador, where it is endangered. The sole species is Ammandra decasperma, although another species name has been proposed. It is a pinnate-leaved, dioecious palm whose seeds and petioles are used in button and basket making, respectively. It is commonly called ivory palm or cabecita.
Ceroxyloideae
The Ceroxyloideae are a subfamily of flowering plants in the palm family found mainly in the Americas with an outlying genus in each of Australia, Madagascar, and the Comoros. Recently revised, the former subfamily Phytelephantoideae was reduced to the tribal level and included, while the Hyophorbeae tribe was reassigned to Arecoideae; it now contains eight genera.
Aphandra natalia
Aphandra is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the palm family native to the Amazon rainforest vegetation in South America (Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru). Its only species is Aphandra natalia, sometimes called mastodon palm or fiber palm, and is used by indigenous peoples in the construction of brooms and other products. This plant is commercially exploited for its edible fruits, and for its leaf sheath and petiole fibers. This fiber is almost equal to the fiber extracted from Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba, which is called piassava.
Oraniopsis appendiculata
Oraniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family from Queensland, Australia, where the only known species, Oraniopsis appendiculata, grows in mountainous rainforest. Dioecious and extremely slow growing, the name means "similar to Orania" and the Latin epithet translates to "appendaged".
Phytelepheae
Phytelepheae is a tribe of plants in the subfamily Ceroxyloideae of the family Arecaceae.
Juania
Juania australis, the Chonta palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, the only species in the genus Juania. It is a solitary trunked palm tree which is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands archipelago in the southeast Pacific Ocean west of Chile.
Ceroxyleae
Ceroxyleae is a tribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. ==Genera== Genera in the tribe are: {| class="wikitable" !Image !Genus !Living species !Distribution |- |175px ||Ceroxylon || Ceroxylon alpinum Bonpl. ex DC. - Colombia, Venezuela Ceroxylon amazonicum Galeano - Ecuador Ceroxylon ceriferum (H.Karst.) Pittier - Colombia, Venezuela Ceroxylon echinulatum Galeano - Ecuador, Peru Ceroxylon parvifrons (Engel) H.Wendl. - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia Ceroxylon parvum Galeano - Ecuador Ceroxylon peruvianum Galeano, Sanín & K.Mejia - Peru Ceroxylon pityrophyllum (Mart.) Mar