Arecaceae
Pacaya palm
Chamaedorea pinnatifrons
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Chamaedorea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 羽叶玲珑椰, 羽叶竹节椰
- English
- Pacaya palm
- Spanish
- Tepejilote cimarrón
Synonyms
- Borassus pinnatifrons Jacq.
- Chamaedorea aguilariana Standl. & Steyerm.
- Chamaedorea bartlingiana H.Wendl.
- Chamaedorea bifurcata Oerst.
- Chamaedorea boliviensis Dammer
- Chamaedorea bracteata H.Wendl.
- Chamaedorea brevifrons H.Wendl.
- Chamaedorea concinna Burret
- Chamaedorea concolor Mart.
- Chamaedorea conocarpa Mart.
- Chamaedorea depauperata Dammer
- Chamaedorea dryanderae Burret
- Chamaedorea flavovirens H.Wendl.
- Chamaedorea geonomoides (Spruce) Drude
- Chamaedorea gracilis Willd.
- Chamaedorea heilbornii Burret
- Chamaedorea herrerae Burret
- Chamaedorea holmgrenii Burret
- Chamaedorea hoppii Burret
- Chamaedorea kalbreyeriana H.Wendl. ex Burret
- Chamaedorea lanceolata (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth
- Chamaedorea lanceolata var. littoralis Drude
- Chamaedorea macroloba Burret
- Chamaedorea membranacea Oerst.
- Chamaedorea micrantha Burret
- Chamaedorea minor Burret
- Chamaedorea oerstedii O.F.Cook & Doyle
- Chamaedorea pacaya Oerst.
- Chamaedorea rhombea Burret
- Docanthe alba O.F.Cook
- Hyospathe montana Mart.
- Martinezia lanceolata Ruiz & Pav.
- Nunnezharia bartlingiana (H.Wendl.) Kuntze
- Nunnezharia bifurcata (Oerst.) Kuntze
- Nunnezharia bracteata (H.Wendl.) Kuntze
- Nunnezharia brevifrons (H.Wendl.) Kuntze
- Nunnezharia concolor (Mart.) Kuntze
- Nunnezharia conocarpa (Mart.) Kuntze
- Nunnezharia flavovirens (H.Wendl.) Kuntze
- Nunnezharia geonomoides Spruce
and 4 more.
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: andrew2285, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Israel Rodríguez Ortiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.