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Ptychosperma Caryotoides
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * '' Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Marte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptychosperma Elegans
''Ptychosperma elegans'', commonly known as the solitaire palm (or elegant palm after the scientific name), is a very slender palm endemic to Queensland in Australia. In the nursery trade and in the United States it may be confusingly referred to as Alexander palm, which is an often-used but misnomered name of another Australian palm species '' Archontophoenix alexandrae'', the Alexandra palm (note the difference in gender between the two names). Description ''Ptychosperma elegans'' is a solitary-stemmed palm growing to a height of . The slender stem measures up to in diameter, is slightly bulging at the base, is light grey in colour, and has prominent leaf scars encircling the trunk. The crown usually has 7 to 11 pinnate fronds that reach lengths of around . The petiole (leaf stem) is around long; the crownshaft around long and mid-green in colour with a whitish waxy coating. The pinnae (leaflets) number between 30 to 60 on each side of the rachis or midrib, measure up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
D'Entrecasteaux Islands () are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of , has a total land area of approximately and is separated from the Papua New Guinea mainland by the wide Ward Hunt Strait in the north and the wide Goschen Strait in the south. D'Entrecasteaux Islands show signs of volcanism. People The inhabitants of D'Entrecasteaux Islands are indigenous subsistence horticulturalists living in small, traditional settlements. People of this area produced and traded clay pots as well as participated in the Kula exchange of shell valuables, travelling widely to other islands on sea-going sailing canoes. During the more recent past, people harvested copra, trochus and pearl-shells and some timber for cash. Alluvial gold mining was once important and in recent years the area has been subject to mineral exploration. Description The three principal islands, from northwest to sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptychosperma Mooreanum
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * ''Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptychosperma Microcarpum
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * ''Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptychosperma Mambare
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * ''Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptychosperma Macrocerum
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * ''Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
