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Lyto weddell & insigne at which altitudes?

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According to the palm literature Lytocaryum weddellianum grows at altitudes between 50 and 800 m and Lytocaryum insigne from 1000 to 1800 m (Noblick 2017). But those limitations seem to be not correct. Below four habitat photos showing L insigne at c. 500 m and L weddellianum at c. 900 m (and 1200 m imo):

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This palm is imo also L weddellianum, but I am not sure:

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PS
Those four photos were once posted on Panoramio which was a very informative platform combined with Google Earth, but is to my deep regret no more existent :-( :bemused:

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