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|genus=Brahea
|familia=Arecaceae
|genus=Brahea
|species=calcarea
|species=calcarea
|taxo_author=Liebm.
|habit=palm-cycad
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
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'''''Brahea calcarea''''' is a species of [[Arecaceae|palm]].
It is found in [[Guatemala]] and [[Mexico]] and is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
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Brahea calcarea, Liebm. (B. nitida, Andre). Trunk 8-15 ft. high, covered with the woody persistent lf .-bases: Lvs. usually 20-30 in a dense bushy crown, unarmed, membranaceous, covered below with a brownish powder: spadix long, more or less erect and considerably longer than the Lvs., after flowering more or less pendulous; fls. solitary, with a single bract : fr. ovoid. Mex. R.H. 1887, p. 344. Gn. 35, p. 285. — Offered by Montarioso Nursery.
Brahea calcarea, Liebm. (B. nitida, Andre). Trunk 8-15 ft. high, covered with the woody persistent lf .-bases: Lvs. usually 20-30 in a dense bushy crown, unarmed, membranaceous, covered below with a brownish powder: spadix long, more or less erect and considerably longer than the Lvs., after flowering more or less pendulous; fls. solitary, with a single bract : fr. ovoid. Mex.
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