Chamaedorea dammeriana

Burret

(Arecaceae)

Espinoza, R., Guadamuz, A., Perez, D., Chavarría, F. and Masís, A. 1998. Chamaedorea dammeriana (Arecaceae) Species Page, July 9, 1998 . Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

I. Identification:

Palm. Solitary stems, 0.3­2 (­3.5) m tall (Grayum, 1997).

Flower:

Fruit:

Ovoid fruits, 1.5 cm long. Black when mature.

 

Immature fruit

 

Cross section of immature fruit

 

Mautre fruit

 

Cross section of mature fruit

 

View of the infruitescence

 

Leaves:

Leaves 4-15, pinnate, occasionally simple and deeply bifid (Henderson et al., 1998).

 

Upper surface of the leaf

 

Under surface of the leaf

Bark and wood:

Entire plant:

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geogrphic distribution:

International:

Southeasst of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and extreme west of Panama (Grayum, 1997).

In Costa Rica:

Very wet forests, 0­1400 m; Atlantic watershed, Pacific watershed in the Guanacastemountain range, Carara, and Turrubares, . (Grayum, 1997).

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

In submontane tropical rainforests (600-1500 m) on both watersheds (Espinoza, 1998).

 Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In the San Cristobal sector.

Acknowledgments.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty Center, NIH/USA, and the NSF/USA. Thanks to Mike Grayum for identification of this species.

Thanks to Kate Beattie for helping with the image management and translation of this species page

Literature cited:

Espinoza, R. 1998. Programa de Investigación. Area de Conservación Guanacaste. Pers. Com.

Grayum, M.H. 1997. Arecaceae. Manual de la Flora de Costa Rica. In preparetion.

Henderson, A., Galeano, G. & Bernal.R. 1998. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas.

Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey.