Chamaedorea

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Chamaedorea is a genus of 107 species of palms, native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas.They are small palms, growing to 0.3-6 m tall with slender, cane-like stems, growing in the understory in rainforests, and often spreading by means of underground runners, forming clonal colonies. The leaves are pinnate (rarely entire), with one to numerous leaflets. The flowers are produced in inflorescences; they are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.