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Ptychosperma Rosselense
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ..., 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'' ... [...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] |