Editing Prestoea acuminata

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[[File:Prestoea_acuminata02.jpg|frame|Figure 1. A dense forest of ''P. acuminata'' var ''montana'' from about 1300m above sea level near the highest point in Puerto Rico.]]
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===Common Names:===
Red Crownshaft Palm, (''P. acuminata'')<br/>
Mountain Cabbage Palm (''P. acuminata'' var ''montana'')<br/>

===Conservation Status:===
Not threatened.

===Distribution & Habitat:===
Widely spread through-out the Caribbean Islands, Central America,
and South America down to Bolivia.
The type form is found on the mainland, while
''P. acuminata'' var ''montana'' is found in wet cloud forest on
high mountains on some of the Caribbean islands.
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===Description:===
A highly variable, medium sized pinnate palm to 8m tall,
which can be either solitary or suckering.
Typically the solitary form is referred to as
''P. acuminata'' var ''montana'' (which used to be
''P. montana''), while the suckering form is known as
''P. acuminata''.
It has a green, white ringed trunk up to 25cm across,
while the crownshaft varies from green through to reddish through
to purplish black.
The dark green leaves are medium sized, 2.0-2.5m long,
and are held in a fairly upright manner.

===General:===
''P. acuminata'' is one of the two famous 'red crownshaft' palms
that are found along the Inca Trail in southern Ecuador
(the other species being ''Geonoma undata'').

===Culture:===
Likes rich, very well drained soil.
Usually prefers some shade unless the humidity is very high.
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[[File:Prestoea_acuminata.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''P. acuminata'' var ''montana'' (close-up of above).]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Brandt Maxwell,
'''Brandt's Palm and Tree Page''' (Figure 1&2)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Prestoea%20acuminata Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/8b3ac82a-d790-4cac-a995-7d7c69dd8295 PalmWeb],
[https://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:165271 eMonocot],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Prestoea+acuminata JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Prestoea+acuminata Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Prestoea+acuminata%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Prestoea+acuminata%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Prestoea+acuminata Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Prestoea+acuminata%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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