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Archontophoenix
''Archontophoenix'' is a plant genus comprising six palm species that are native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. They are tall, slender and unbranched. Relationships between ''Archontophoenix'' and the other genera of subtribe Archontophoenicinae, including the New Caledonia endemic ''Actinokentia'', ''Chambeyronia'' and ''Kentiopsis'' are unresolved. Species include: *''Archontophoenix alexandrae'' (F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude - Alexandra palm, king palm *''Archontophoenix cunninghamiana'' H.Wendl. & Drude - Bangalow palm, piccabeen palm *''Archontophoenix maxima'' Dowe *''Archontophoenix myolensis'' Dowe *''Archontophoenix purpurea'' Hodel & Dowe - Mount Lewis king palm *''Archontophoenix tuckeri'' Dowe Classification Subfamily: Arecoideae; Tribe: Areceae; Subtribe: Archontophoenicinae. There are four other genera in the subtribe Archontophoenicinae, namely ''Actinokentia'', ''Actinorhytis'', ''Chambeyronia'', ''Kentiopsis''. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archontophoenix Alexandrae
''Archontophoenix alexandrae'', commonly known as Alexandra palm, king palm, northern Bangalow palm, or feather palm, is a Arecaceae, palm endemic to Queensland, Australia. It was named in honour of Alexandra of Denmark, Princess Alexandra of Denmark, but is often erroneously referred to by the misnomer Alexander palm. Description ''Archontophoenix alexandrae'' is a tall, solitary palm growing to a height of with a trunk up to diameter, often swollen at the base, and bearing prominent leaf scars. The graceful crown has 8 to 10 pinnate, feather-like fronds that measure up to in length, with 60 to 80 leaflets on each side of the midrib. The pinnae are dark green above and silvery-grey underneath, measuring up to long, and the entire frond is usually twisted laterally. At the base of each frond is a large crownshaft up to high, coloured light green. Flowers The inflorescence of ''Archontophoenix alexandrae'' is a panicle, creamy white when first released from the protecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana
''Archontophoenix cunninghamiana'' – commonly known as Bangalow palm, king palm, Illawarra palm or ''piccabeen palm'' – is a tree in the palm family Arecaceae, which is endemic to the east coast of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Description The Bangalow palm has a single trunk growing up to tall and a diameter of . The trunk is swollen at the base and is marked by prominent leaf scars at regular intervals along its length. The crownshaft is around long and is green or purple green. Around 9 to 12 leaves (or fronds) make up the crown, each about long and with around 90 pairs of leaflets. The fronds usually have a half-twist so that the leaflets at the distal end are more or less vertical. The leaflets measure up to long and wide. The inflorescence is a much-branched panicle arising from the base of the crownshaft and measuring up to long. The flowers are pink to lilac or purple; the staminate (functionally male) flowers measure up to long and the pistill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archontophoenix
''Archontophoenix'' is a plant genus comprising six palm species that are native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. They are tall, slender and unbranched. Relationships between ''Archontophoenix'' and the other genera of subtribe Archontophoenicinae, including the New Caledonia endemic ''Actinokentia'', ''Chambeyronia'' and ''Kentiopsis'' are unresolved. Species include: *''Archontophoenix alexandrae'' (F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude - Alexandra palm, king palm *''Archontophoenix cunninghamiana'' H.Wendl. & Drude - Bangalow palm, piccabeen palm *''Archontophoenix maxima'' Dowe *''Archontophoenix myolensis'' Dowe *''Archontophoenix purpurea'' Hodel & Dowe - Mount Lewis king palm *''Archontophoenix tuckeri'' Dowe Classification Subfamily: Arecoideae; Tribe: Areceae; Subtribe: Archontophoenicinae. There are four other genera in the subtribe Archontophoenicinae, namely ''Actinokentia'', ''Actinorhytis'', ''Chambeyronia'', ''Kentiopsis''. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archontophoenix Maxima
''Archontophoenix maxima'', the Walsh River palm, is the largest species of the genus ''Archontophoenix''. It is endemic species, endemic to Queensland, Australia. This robust palm grows in rainforest at altitudes between on the Walsh River and the adjacent Mount Haig Range in the Atherton Tablelands at approximately 17° South latitude. Description The Walsh River palm grows up to metres tall, with a trunk up to in diameter with an expanded base. The rigidly-held, erect leaves are up to long, and have a slight sideways twist. The massive branched inflorescence is up to long, and bear white flowers. When ripe, the fruit is red and in length. The flowers closely resemble those of ''Archontophoenix alexandrae, A. alexandrae''. References External links * * View a mapof historical sightings of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium View observationsof this species on iNaturalist View images of this species on Flickriver Archontophoenix, maxima Palm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archontophoenix Purpurea
''Archontophoenix purpurea'', the Mount Lewis king palm, is a solitary palm native to Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... It is mainly found in the rainforest.Hodel, Donald R. & John Leslie Dowe. 1994. Austrobaileya 4: 238, ''Archontophoenix purpurea'' References purpurea Palms of Australia Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1994 Taxa named by John Leslie Dowe {{Australia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archontophoenix Tuckeri
''Archontophoenix tuckeri'', the Rocky River palm or Cape York palm, is a palm native to Australia. Description Palm to 20 m tall, trunk to 26 cm in diameter and expanded at the base. Leaves about 3 m long with a moderate lateral twist. Crownshaft is green. Pinnae have silver/grey scales below and tend to be semi-pendulous in the apical 1/3. They lack ramenta on the midrib below. The inflorescence, branched to 3 orders, usually holds the branches erect though they become pendulous in fruit; it is usually wider than long and remains green with maturation of the fruit. Flowers are white/cream. Staminate flower has 13-19 stamens. Fruit is red/brick-red at maturity, 17–25 mm long. Fibres in the mesocarp are in two distinct layers, the outer with thin straight fibres, the inner with thick, fiat to 0.3 mm wide, usually held tight in the dried state. It occurs in rainforest, gallery forest, swampforest, mangrove ecotone and moist vine-thickets of Cape York Peninsula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archontophoenix Myolensis
''Archontophoenix myolensis'', the Myola palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is threatened by habitat loss. It occurs in the Myola area and the Black Mountain in the Kuranda range in the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland. The total population is seriously threatened by habitat clearance and is estimated to contain fewer than 100 mature trees and remains unprotected. Regeneration is good. Distribution Restricted to an altitudinal range of 350 to 400 m, the species occurs in riverine rainforest on metamorphic rocks on the Barron River near Kuranda, Queensland Kuranda is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality on the Atherton Tableland in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It is from Cairns, Queensland, Cairns, via the Kuranda Range road. It is surrounded by tropical ... and in particular near the village of Myola. Invasive weeds have prevented the expansion of the rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archontophoenicinae
Archontophoenicinae is a botanical subtribe consisting of several genera of palms, namely '' Archontophoenix'' from Queensland and New South Wales and '' Actinokentia'', '' Chambeyronia'' and '' Kentiopsis'' from New Caledonia. NCBI Taxonomy Browser also includes the monotypic genus '' Wallaceodoxa'' from the western New Guinea. Two other genera, '' Hedyscepe'' from Lord Howe Island and '' Rhopalostylis'' from Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Zealand (including the Kermadec Islands) were formerly included in this subtribe, but have now been separated out to form the subtribe Rhopalostylidinae (Dransfield, Uhl et al., 2005). Phylogenetic relationships between the four genera are unresolved. ''Actinokentia'' and ''Kentiopsis'' are now considered synonyms of ''Chambeyronia''.Hodel, D.R., Baker, W.J., Bellot, S., Pérez-Calle, V., Cumberledge, A. & Barrett, C.F. (2021) Reassessment of the Archontophoenicinae of New Caledonia and description of a new species. ''Palms'' 65, 109–131 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arecaceae Genera
The Arecaceae () is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are colloquially called palm trees. Currently, 181 genera with around 2,600 species are known, most of which are restricted to tropical and subtropical climates. Most palms are distinguished by their large, compound, evergreen leaves, known as fronds, arranged at the top of an unbranched stem, except for the Hyphaene genus, who has branched palms. However, palms exhibit an enormous diversity in physical characteristics and inhabit nearly every type of habitat within their range, from rainforests to deserts. Palms are among the best known and most extensively cultivated plant families. They have been important to humans throughout much of history, especially in regions like the Middle East and North Africa. A wide range of common products and foods are d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arecoideae
The Arecaceae () is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are colloquially called palm trees. Currently, 181 genera with around 2,600 species are known, most of which are restricted to tropical and subtropical climates. Most palms are distinguished by their large, compound, evergreen leaves, known as fronds, arranged at the top of an unbranched stem, except for the Hyphaene genus, who has branched palms. However, palms exhibit an enormous diversity in physical characteristics and inhabit nearly every type of habitat within their range, from rainforests to deserts. Palms are among the best known and most extensively cultivated plant families. They have been important to humans throughout much of history, especially in regions like the Middle East and North Africa. A wide range of common products and foods are deri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of the French Republic, a legal status unique in overseas France, and is enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines (New Caledonia), Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre , a nickname also used more generally for the entire New Caledonia. Kanak people#Agitation for independence, Pro-independence Kanak parties use the name (''pron.'' ) to refer to New Caledonia, a term coined in the 1980s from the ethnic name of the indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plants Of The World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online in March 2017 with the goal of creating an exhaustive online database of all seed-bearing plants worldwide. (Govaerts wrongly speaks of "Convention for Botanical Diversity (CBD)). The initial focus was on tropical African flora, particularly flora ''Zambesiaca'', flora of West and East Tropical Africa. Since March 2024, the website has displayed AI-generated predictions of the extinction risk for each plant. Description The database uses the same taxonomical source as the International Plant Names Index, which is the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). The database contains information on the world's flora gathered from 250 years of botanical research. It aims to make available data from projects that no longer have an online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
