Ptychosperma elegans
Rumphia 2: 118. 1843 (as eleganti).
Common names: Solitaire palm
Introduced
Basionym: Seaforthia elegans R. Brown Prodr., 267. 1810
Synonyms: Archontophoenix elegans (R. Brown) H. Wendland & Drude
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22. Treatment on page 118.
Stems solitary. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering spring-- through summer.
Habitat: Moist organic soil over limestone in mesic hammocks and disturbed wooded areas
Elevation: 0–10 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., native to Australia (Queensland)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscing +
irregular +
jagged +
unarmed +
pinnate +
Solitaire palm +
peglike +
basal +
minute +
5-lobed +
osseous +
ruminate +
homogeneous +
2-cleft +
prickly +
hirsute +
symmetric +
clustered +
absent +
unisexual +
stigmatic +
small +
absent +
paniculate +
pendulous +
axillary +
true +
palmate +
arranged +
fleshy +
absent +
tubular +
1-2-seriate +
imbricate +
valvate +
free +
absent +
unisexual +
germination +
2-keeled +
Rumphia +
1809 +
adventitious +
thick +
incomplete +
thin +
ovoid +
glabrous +
cuneate +
imbricate +
free +
unarmed +
tubular +
Introduced +
absent +
absent +
water +
unarmed +
terrestrial +
subterranean +
woody +
indistinct +
Ptychosperma elegans +
Ptychosperma +
species +
perennial +