View source for Dypsis ← Dypsis You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Dypsis |accepted_authority=Noroña ex Martius in C. F. P. von Martius et al. |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in C. F. P. von Martius et al.,Historia Naturalis Palmarum |place=3: 180. 1838 |year=1838 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Arecaceae;Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae;Arecaceae tribe Areceae;Arecaceae (tribe Areceae) subtribe Dypsidinae;Dypsis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Arecaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Arecaceae tribe Areceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Arecaceae (tribe Areceae) subtribe Dypsidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dypsis]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 115 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="trunk orientation;trunk arrangement or growth form;trunk diameter;trunk arrangement or growth form;trunk orientation;trunk architecture;trunk architecture;nodal ring prominence"><b>Trunks </b>erect, clustered, less than 15 cm diam., clustering, erect, with conspicuous nodal rings, unarmed, occasionally branching near base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf-base architecture;leaf-base coloration;crownshaft fusion"><b>Leaves:</b> leaf-bases unarmed, yellowish, forming distinct crownshaft;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade architecture or shape;blade architecture">blade pinnate [undivided], unarmed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">plication reduplicate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="segment shape;segment arrangement;segment orientation">segments lanceolate, evenly spaced, strongly ascending;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="apex shape">apices acuminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement;order quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary below crown of leaves, paniculate, with 3 orders of branching;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="prophyll size">prophyll small;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="peduncular bract duration;peduncular bract shape">peduncular bracts caducous, tubular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower quantity;flower architecture;flower quantity;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, sessile, in triads of 1 pistillate flower flanked by 2 staminate flowers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal arrangement;sepal fusion"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;petal quantity;petal fusion;petal arrangement or dehiscence">petals 3, briefly connate basally, valvate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen fusion">stamens 6, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;anther fixation">anthers dorsifixed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence">pistillode present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal arrangement;sepal fusion"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;petal quantity;petal arrangement;petal fusion">petals 3, imbricate, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode quantity;staminode size">staminodes 6, minute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil quantity">pistil 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="flower architecture;ovule quantity">ovules 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma quantity">stigmas 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="fruits drupe shape"><b>Fruits </b>drupes, ellipsoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="exocarp coloration;exocarp architecture or pubescence or relief">exocarp yellow, smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="mesocarp texture">mesocarp fleshy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s24" data-properties="endocarp width;endocarp texture;endocarp shape">endocarp thin, fibrous, terete in cross-section.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s25" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>ovoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s26" data-properties="endosperm variability">endosperm homogeneous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s27" data-properties="embryo position">embryo subbasal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s28" data-properties="eophyll architecture or shape">eophyll 2-cleft;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s29" data-properties="segment shape">segments lanceolate.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Native to Africa (Madagascar and adjacent islands) |discussion=<p>Dypsis is a morphologically diverse genus restricted to Madagascar and adjacent islands. The genus has recently been revised and substantially expanded by J. Dransfield and H. J. Beentje (1995b). The most familiar species, D. lutescens (H. Wendland) Beentje & J. Dransfield, is hardly representative of the astonishing diversity in growth form, leaf shape, floral details, and fruit morphology found in the genus.</p><!-- --><p>Species 140 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Dypsis |authority=Noroña ex Martius in C. F. P. von Martius et al. |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Arecaceae |distribution=Native to Africa (Madagascar and adjacent islands) |reference=None |publication title=in C. F. P. von Martius et al.,Historia Naturalis Palmarum |publication year=1838 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_11.xml |subfamily=Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae |tribe=Arecaceae tribe Areceae |subtribe=Arecaceae (tribe Areceae) subtribe Dypsidinae |genus=Dypsis |anther fixation=dorsifixed |apex shape=acuminate |blade architecture=unarmed |blade architecture or shape=pinnate |crownshaft fusion=distinct |embryo position=subbasal |endocarp shape=terete |endocarp texture=fibrous |endocarp width=thin |endosperm variability=homogeneous |eophyll architecture or shape=2-cleft |exocarp architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |exocarp coloration=yellow |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;sessile |flower quantity=2;1 |flower reproduction=unisexual |fruits drupe shape=ellipsoid |inflorescence arrangement=paniculate |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf-base architecture=unarmed |leaf-base coloration=yellowish |mesocarp texture=fleshy |nodal ring prominence=conspicuous |order quantity=3 |ovule quantity=1 |peduncular bract duration=caducous |peduncular bract shape=tubular |petal arrangement=imbricate |petal arrangement or dehiscence=valvate |petal fusion=free;connate |petal quantity=3;3 |pistil quantity=1 |pistillode presence=absent |prophyll size=small |seed shape=ovoid |segment arrangement=spaced |segment orientation=ascending |segment shape=lanceolate;lanceolate |sepal arrangement=imbricate;imbricate |sepal fusion=free;free |sepal quantity=3;3 |stamen fusion=free |stamen quantity=6 |staminode quantity=6 |staminode size=minute |stigma quantity=3 |trunk architecture=branching;unarmed |trunk arrangement or growth form=clustering;clustered |trunk diameter=0cm;15cm |trunk orientation=erect;erect }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Arecaceae (tribe Areceae) subtribe Dypsidinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Arecaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Dypsis.