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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 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] |
Ptychosperma Macarthurii
''Ptychosperma macarthurii'', commonly known as the Macarthur palm, is a species of tree in the palm family Arecaceae. Its native range is northern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland with a number of disjunct populations in the Northern Territory and New Guinea. The species has been widely planted in tropical areas and is commonly grown as an indoor plant. Description ''P. macarthurii'' is a clumping (multi-stemmed) palm growing to a height of . The slender stems measure up to in diameter and have prominent leaf scars encircling the trunk. They are green in the younger sections of the trunk just below the crownshaft, but may be greyish lower down. The crown consists of between 3 to 13 paripinnate fronds to in length, with 15-40 pinnae (leaflets) on either side of the rachis (midrib), and have a crownshaft which measures about long. The leaflets measure up to in length, are regularly or irregularly arranged (often clustered), with nearly parallel margins and a truncated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptychosperma Lineare
''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 Lauterbachii
''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 Hartmannii
''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] |
Jailoloa Halmaherensis
''Jailoloa'' is a genus of palm (family Arecaceae), in the subtribe Ptychospermatinae. It has only one currently accepted species, ''Jailoloa halmaherensis'', native to the Moluccas. It only grows on ultramafic soils. The species is currently known only from its type locality in East Halmahera Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia, and Sofifi, the capital of the province, is located on the west coast of the island. Hal .... References Ptychospermatinae Monotypic Arecaceae genera Endemic flora of the Maluku Islands Halmahera Plants described in 2014 {{Arecaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptychosperma Gracile
''Ptychosperma gracile'' is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it occurs in the Louisiade and Bismarck Archipelago The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km. History The first inhabitants o ...es. It grows in rainforests. It has declined due to the loss of habitat to agriculture. References gracile Endemic flora of Papua New Guinea Endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{palm-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
