Editing Syagrus cardenasii

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[[File:Syagrus_cardenasii.jpg|frame|Figure 1. Fruit of ''S. cardenasii''.]]
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===Synonymy:===
''S. yunganensis'' (???)

===Common Names:===
Locally called 'motacucito'

===Habitat:===
Is endemic of dry areas of Bolivia. In the
base of the Andes to any altitude range in some
inter Andean valleys. Two types are known depending
on the size of the trunk and altitude where it grows.
Grow usually in sandy soils, open areas, with
''Acrocomia sp''., ''[[Attalea phalerata]]'' and the small
''[[Zamia boliviana]]''.

===Description:===
This is a small ''Syagrus'' to about 2m tall,
sometimes clustered, and with a smooth, 10cm diameter trunk.
Long, arching green leaves. Very similar to
''[[Syagrus yunganensis]]'' and probably the same species.
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===General:===
Unknown palm in cultivation, except
in some private palm collections; it is not
cultivated near to its habitat. The species is
endangered due to its habitat being destroyed
for agricultural purposes. Leaves, flowers and fruits
are eaten by cows. Although there aren't any reports about
cold hardiness, it will probably take light freezes without
trouble.

It is called ''cardenasii'' for Martin Cardenas,
a Bolivian biologist, who has done a lot of work
with the palms of Bolivia.

===Culture:===
A sunny, sandy, well drained position, and kept on the dry side.
Probably frost hardy.

This was posted by Nigel to the IPS Forums on Aug 17 2005 and deals with ''S. cardenasii'' germination.

In the case of ''Syagrus cardenasii'' I almost lost every seed I germinated. Despite putting them in deep pots they sent down an extremely deep taproot and the new leaf emerged from the shoot at the BOTTOM of the pot leaving no room for any roots as they were air pruned as soon as they tried to form.
It all looked completely normal from above, it wasn't until the seed energy was expended that they started to keel over. This palm has subterranean trunk, which is the reason why, but I had no idea it would go so deep from the outset, therefore if you grow from seed use a very, very deep pot.

===Contributed by: ===
Gaston Torres Vera, Cordoba, Argentina (Images copyright Argentina Palms)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Syagrus%20cardenasii Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/50b77281-c9a0-4a3a-affb-a05c77e75873 PalmWeb],
[https://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:198792 eMonocot],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Syagrus+cardenasii JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Syagrus+cardenasii Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Syagrus+cardenasii%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Syagrus+cardenasii%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Syagrus+cardenasii Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Syagrus+cardenasii%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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