familyArecaceae
subfamilyArecaceae subfam. Arecoideae
genusPtychosperma
speciesPtychosperma macarthurii
Ptychosperma macarthurii
The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening. 3: 248. 1886.
Common names: MacArthur palm
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Kentia macarthurii H. Wendland. ex J. G. Veitchanonymous in James Veitch and Sons, Catalogue 1879,: 26, 15. 1879
Synonyms: Actinophloeus macarthurii (H. Wendland. ex J. G. Veitchanonymous) O. Beccari. ex Wigman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22. Treatment on page 118.
Illustrator:
Copyright:
Stems clustereding. 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., n Australia, Pacific Islands, native, to s New Guinea, and n Australia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Ptychosperma macarthurii"
dehiscing +
irregular +
jagged +
unarmed +
pinnate +
MacArthur palm +
peglike +
basal +
minute +
5-lobed +
osseous +
ruminate +
homogeneous +
2-cleft +
prickly +
hirsute +
symmetric +
clustered +
absent +
unisexual +
stigmatic +
small +
absent +
Present +
paniculate +
pendulous +
axillary +
true +
palmate +
arranged +
fleshy +
absent +
tubular +
1-2-seriate +
imbricate +
valvate +
free +
absent +
unisexual +
germination +
2-keeled +
The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening. +
1886 +
adventitious +
thick +
incomplete +
thin +
ovoid +
glabrous +
cuneate +
imbricate +
free +
unarmed +
tubular +
absent +
absent +
water +
unarmed +
terrestrial +
subterranean +
woody +
indistinct +
Ptychosperma macarthurii +
Ptychosperma +
species +
perennial +