Pigafetta
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For the navigator this tree is named after, see Antonio Pigafetta.
Pigafetta is a genus of two palm species in the family Arecaceae.[1]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Calamoideae |
Tribe: | Calameae |
Genus: | Pigafetta (Blume) Becc. |
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They are native to the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and New Guinea[2] where they grow near rivers and in forest clearings up to 900 m in elevation. It is named for Antonio Pigafetta and is sometimes misspelled as Pigafettia. Thought to contain only one species, in 1994 it was recognized to have two; P. elata and P. filaris,[2] both of which are among the fastest growing palms.