Chamaedorea elegans

Chamaedorea elegans
C. elegans (parlour palm) in Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Chamaedorea
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Chamaedorea elegans
Mart., 1830[1]
Subspecies
  • C. elegans var. elegans
  • C. elegans var. angustifolia M. Martens & Galeotti[2]
Synonyms
  • Collinia elegans (Mart.) Liebm.[3] ex Oerst.[4]
  • Collinia elegans var. angustifolia (M. Martens & Galeotti) M. Martens & Galeotti[5]
  • Neanthe bella O.F.Cook
  • Nunnezharia elegans (Mart.) Kuntze, 1891[6]
  • Neanthe elegans (Mart.) O.F.Cook, 1937[7]

Chamaedorea elegans, the neanthe bella palm or parlour palm, is a species of small palm tree native to the rainforests in Southern Mexico and Guatemala.[8] The parlor palm is one of the most extensively sold houseplant palms in the world. It is one of several species with leaves that are harvested as xate.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[9]

  1. ^ Martius. Linnaea 5: 204. 1830
  2. ^ M. Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(1): 122 1843
  3. ^ Liebm. Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider 1845: 8 1846
  4. ^ Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 6 1859
  5. ^ M. Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 122 1843
  6. ^ Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 730. 1891
  7. ^ O.F.Cook Science new series 86: 122. 1937
  8. ^ Gilman, Edward F. "Chamaedorea elegans Parlor Palm". EDIS. University of Florida IFAS Extension. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  9. ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Chamaedorea elegans". Retrieved 15 April 2020.