Caryota urens
Sp. Pl. 2: 1189. 1753.
Common names: Solitary fishtail palm
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22. Treatment on page 115.
Stems solitary, greater than 15 cm in diam. Leaves 5–7 m. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering in summer.
Habitat: Moist organic soil over limestone in mesic hammocks and disturbed wooded areas
Elevation: 0–10 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., native to India
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscing +
irregular +
jagged +
not modified +
2-pinnate +
Solitary fishtail palm +
peglike +
lateral +
minute +
absent +
ruminate +
homogeneous +
2-cleft +
prickly +
hirsute +
symmetric +
clustered +
absent +
unisexual +
stigmatic +
globular +
absent +
paniculate +
later +
pendulous +
true +
palmate +
arranged +
fleshy +
conspicuous +
absent +
tubular +
1-2-seriate +
valvate +
connate +
connate +
absent +
unisexual +
induplicate +
germination +
2-keeled +
small +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
irritating +
adventitious +
thick +
thin +
globular +
glabrous +
imbricate +
free +
tubular +
Introduced +
free +
numerous +
absent +
water +
clustered +
terrestrial +
subterranean +
woody +
3-lobed +
indistinct +
Caryota urens +
Caryota +
species +
successive +
axillary +
perennial +