Native records: 4 botanical areas
Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico Southwest, 1 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A subshrub / shrub of wet tropical climates. Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Colombia
- ColombiaNative
Costa Rica
- Costa RicaNative
Mexico
- Mexico SouthwestNative
Panama
- PanamaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 133 areas worldwide, 129 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Chamaedorea
Other species in Chamaedorea
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Colombia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Costa Rica · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mexico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Panama · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Chamaedorea pygmaea
A. S. Ørsted · Public domain · File page