Ptychosperma macarthurii

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Common Names

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Description

Genus Ptychosperma

Stems solitary or clustereding, less than 15 cm in diam., unarmed . Leaves: sheath green, unarmed, forming crownshaft ; blade pinnate, unarmed; plication reduplicate ; segments in 1 plane , usually cuneate, apices jagged and irregular, cleft . Inflorescences axillary below crown of leaves, paniculate , with 2 or 3 orders of branching, pendulous; prophyll short; peduncular bract tubular ; secondary peduncular bracts often present, incomplete . Flowers unisexual , sessile, in triads of 1 pistillate flower flanked by 2 staminate flowers . Staminate flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free ; petals 3, valvate , free; stamens [9--]25--34 [or more], in whorls of 3 or more; pistillode present, with slender style . Pistillate flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free; petals 3, imbricate, free; staminode lobes or scales present; pistils 1; ovules 1; styles indistinct; stigmas 3. Fruits drupes, small; exocarp red [black], smooth ; mesocarp fleshy ; endocarp bony, 5-lobed in cross section [obscurely lobed ]. Seeds ovoid ; endosperm homogeneous or ruminate ; embryo basal; eophyll 2-cleft, segments linear , apices jagged and irregular.

Species 28: introduced ; Florida; Pacific Islands, Australia.

This genus is popular in cultivation. Two species have sporadically naturalized sporadically in Dade County, Florida. The fruits are red and fleshy, and birds undoubtedly disperse the seeds."Ptychosperma". in Flora of North America Vol. 22 Page 118. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 980 meters (0 to 3,215 feet).Mean = 93.160 meters (305.643 feet), Standard Deviation = 217.750 based on 19 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 10-12' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Ptychosperma macarthurii (H. Wendl. ex anon.) H. Wendl. ex Hook. f.
2. Ptychosperma macarthurii H. Wendl.

Notes

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Place of publication : Rep. Roy. Bot. Gard. Kew 1882:55. 1884

Name verified on 28-Apr-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Apr-2008

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ptychosperma

There are approximately 95 species in this genus:

P. alba · P. ambiguum · P. angustifolia · P. angustifolium · P. appendiculata · P. beatricae · P. beccarianum · P. bleeseri · P. buabe · P. burretianum · P. caesia · P. calapparia · P. capitis-yorkii · P. caryotoides · P. coccinea · P. cuneatum · P. cunninghamiana · P. disticha · P. drudei · P. elegans (Solitaire Palm) · P. elegans var. sphaerocarpum · P. furcatum · P. furfuracea · P. gracile · P. gracilis · P. hartmannii · P. hentyi · P. hosinoi · P. hospitum · P. inaequalis · P. jardinei · P. julianetti · P. julianettii · P. junghuhnii · P. kajewskii · P. kerstenianum · P. keyense · P. kuhlii · P. laccospadix · P. lacerata · P. lauterbachii · P. ledermannianum (Palm) · P. lineare (Palm) · P. macarthuri · P. macarthurii (Macarthur Feather Palm) · P. macrocerum · P. maculata · P. mambare · P. micranthum · P. microcarpum · P. mooreanum · P. multiramosum · P. nenga · P. nicolai · P. normanbyanus · P. normanbyi · P. palauense · P. paradoxa · P. perbreve · P. pickeringii · P. polyclados · P. praemorsum · P. propinquum · P. pullenii · P. punicea · P. ramosissima · P. ramosissimum · P. ridleyi · P. robustum (Palm) · P. rosselense · P. rumphii · P. rupicola · P. salomonense · P. sanderanum · P. sanderiana · P. sanderianum · P. sayeri · P. schefferi · P. seaforthia · P. seaforthii · P. seemannii · P. singaporensis · P. streimannii · P. sylvestris · P. tagulense · P. tahitensis · P. tenella · P. tenue · P. vestiaria · P. vestitum · P. vitiensis · P. waitianum (Giant Palm) · P. wendlandiana var. sphaerocarpum · P. wendlandiana var. wendlandiana · P. wendlandianum

Bibliography

• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [lists as P. macarthurii (H. Wendl.) G. Nicolson].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [lists as P. macarthurii (H. Wendl. ex anon.) G. Nicolson].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [lists as P. macarthurii (H. Wendl.) G. Nicolson].
• Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:161. [lists as P. macarthurii (H. Wendl.) G. Nicolson].
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Parham, J. W. 1972. Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed. (F Fiji)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
• St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
• Zona, S. 1999. New perspectives on generic limits nd relationships in the Ptychospermatinae (Palmae: Arecoideae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 83: 255--263.

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 05, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 02, 2008)
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:

• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3482884
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-170862
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15057016
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:55245-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 30333
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606863

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