Species
EndangeredChilean wine palm
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Native toChile Central
Observations3,610
General: bank vault. A collection of Jubaea chilensis seeds is held
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- useful plant
- Parent taxon
- Jubaea
- Image
- Jubaea chilensis Hyères gross.jpg
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Jubaea is a genus of palms with one species, Jubaea chilensis, commonly known in English as the Chilean wine palm or Chile cocopalm, and palma chilena in Spanish. It is native to southwestern South America and is endemic to a small area of central Chile between 32°S and 35°S in southern Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Santiago, O'Higgins, and northern Maule regions.
The extinct palm tree of Easter Island belonged to this genus as well. In 1991, the Easter Island palm was placed in its own genus, Paschalococos. However, this has not been widely accepted.