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Brahea calcarea Characteristics
                        
                        Brahea calcarea 	
 
 Synonymy:
 Brahea nitida ,
 Brahea prominens
 
 
 Distribution & Habitat:
 Found in dry, open forest from Western Mexico thru to Guatemala.
 
 Description:
 Solitary palm to about 12m, costapalmate leaves, shiny green above, glaucous below, droopy tips to the leaf. The only Brahea not to have armed petioles.
 
                         
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| SPECIES | 
atpB | 
rbcL | 
18S | 
PRK | 
RPB2 |                     
                
            
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