Editing Chamaedorea cataractarum

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[[File:Chamaedorea_cataractarum02.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''C. cataractarum'']]
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===Synonymy:===
''C. atrovirens''

===Common Names:===
Cat Palm<br/>
Cascade Palm<br/>
Cataract Palm<br/>
Mexican Hat Palm

===Distribution & Habitat:===
Stream banks and beds in south-eastern Mexico.

===Description:===
A small, attractive, trunkless, clumping palm, to about 2m (6ft) high,
and 2.5m (8ft) across, with glossy, dark green leaves, and long thin leaflets.
It will eventually form quite a large dense, clump given time.
(It is occasionally used as a hedge plant.)

===General:===
This plant is a rheophyte, which means that it grows in stream beds,
and is often covered by floodwaters. Its long thin leaflets,
and trunkless habit are an adaptation to present as little resistance
as possible to flowing water, and thus prevent being washed away each
time it floods.

===Culture:===
This is a very popular palm, both for indoor use and outside.
It loves water and its virtually impossible to give it too much.
It likes a lightly shaded, moist position, altho it will take full sun
if the water is kept up to it. Frost tolerant
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[[File:Chamaedorea_cataractarum.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''C. cataractarum'' at Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane.]]
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[[File:Chamaedorea_cataractarum03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''C. cataractarum'']]
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[[File:Chamaedorea_cataractarum04.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''C. cataractarum'' leaf detail]]
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[[File:Chamaedorea_cataractarum06.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''C. cataractarum'' stem bases]]
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[[File:Chamaedorea_cataractarum05.jpg|frame|Figure 6. ''C. cataractarum'' infructescneces.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Ian Edwards (Figure 1)<br/>
Mike Gray (Figure 2)<br/>
Rohan Musgrave (Figure 3,4,56)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Chamaedorea%20cataractarum Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/208a933e-0018-43bd-b3ab-b6030db022d4 PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Chamaedorea+cataractarum JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Chamaedorea+cataractarum Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Chamaedorea+cataractarum%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Chamaedorea+cataractarum%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Chamaedorea+cataractarum Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Chamaedorea+cataractarum%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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