Syagrus yungasensis

Syagrus (see-AHG-ruhs) yungasensis (yoon-gah-SEHN-siss)
Algarve/Portugal. Still a lot of confusion about the two species S.yungasensis and S.cardenasii unfortunately. The Yunga palm is described as being single stemmed however yours and mine show the beginning of a multi stemmed plant, the leaflets of my plant show the typical position of the pinnae "irregularly inserted in groups of 4/10, 4 to 6 cm apart" (Moraes) For me S.cardenasii is the slowest of the two it is of the same age as S.yungasensis but still has the juvenile leaves. Photo by Charles Wychgel.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Syagrus (see-AHG-ruhs) Species: yungasensis (yoon-gah-SEHN-siss)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
Morphology
Habit: clustering (soboliferous) Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Yunga palm

Habitat and Distribution

From the Yungas

Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Two are very fast and one looks very healthy but SLOWWWWWWW and only has strap leaves! (it´s still prorected with a cage) Could this be another species, maybe real yungasensis and the other two being cardenasii? Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.

region of Bolivia.

Comments and Curiosities

A recently described, beautiful and very rare small Syagrus from the Yungas region of Bolivia that growns to only about 5 m (17 ft) tall. With its very slim trunk and elegantly arching fronds it has been described as the 'Phoenix roebelenii of the genus Syagrus'. It's a palm that everyone will want to grow and since it is in some danger in its native Bolivia from road development and construction, it is perhaps a palm that everyone SHOULD grow. The narrow valleys where it grows go for long periods with no rain, a clue to its requirements in cultivation. Finally, it should be reasonably hardy to cold since it occurs at elevations of up to 1000 m (3300 ft.) a.s.l. (RPS.com)