Chamaedorea elegans

Chamaedorea elegans
	C. elegans (parlour palm) in Berlin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Chamaedorea
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Chamaedorea elegans; Mart., 1830
Subspecies
	C. elegans var. elegans; C. elegans var. angustifolia M. Martens & Galeotti;
Synonyms
	Collinia elegans (Mart.) Liebm. ex Oerst.; Collinia elegans var. angustifolia (M. Martens & Galeotti) M. Martens & Galeotti; Neanthe bella O.F.Cook; Nunnezharia elegans (Mart.) Kuntze, 1891; Neanthe elegans (Mart.) O.F.Cook, 1937;

Chamaedorea elegans, the neanthe bella palm or parlour palm, is a species of small palm tree native to the rainforests in Southern Mexico and Guatemala. The parlor palm is one of the most extensively sold houseplant palms in the world. It is one of several species with leaves that are harvested as xate.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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