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Ptychosperma Buabe
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida, Australia, New Guinea) Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * '' Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma gracile'' Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago * ''Ptychosperma h ...
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Ptychosperma Elegans
''Ptychosperma elegans'', commonly known as the solitaire palm (or elegant palm after the scientific name), is a very slender palm endemic to Queensland in Australia. In the nursery trade and in the United States it may be confusingly referred to as Alexander palm, which is an often-used but misnomered name of another Australian palm species ''Archontophoenix alexandrae'', the Alexandra palm (note the difference in gender between the two names). Description ''Ptychosperma elegans'' is a solitary-stemmed palm growing to a height of . The slender stem measures up to in diameter, is slightly bulging at the base, is light grey in colour, and has prominent leaf scars encircling the trunk. The crown usually has 7 to 11 pinnate fronds that reach lengths of around . The petiole (leaf stem) is around long; the crownshaft around long and mid-green in colour with a whitish waxy coating. The pinnae (leaflets) number between 30 and 60 on each side of the rachis or midrib, measure up to ...
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Ptychosperma Burretianum
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida, Australia, New Guinea) Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * '' Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma gracile'' Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago * ''Ptychosperma hal ...
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Ptychosperma Macarthurii
''Ptychosperma macarthurii'', commonly known as the Macarthur palm, is a species of tree in the palm family Arecaceae. Its native range is northern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland with a number of disjunct populations in the Northern Territory and New Guinea. The species has been widely planted in tropical areas and is commonly grown as an indoor plant. Description ''P. macarthurii'' is a clumping (multi-stemmed) palm growing to a height of . The slender stems measure up to in diameter and have prominent leaf scars encircling the trunk. They are green in the younger sections of the trunk just below the crownshaft, but may be greyish lower down. The crown consists of between 3 and 13 paripinnate fronds to in length, with 15-40 pinnae (leaflets) on either side of the rachis (midrib), and have a crownshaft which measures about long. The leaflets measure up to in length, are regularly or irregularly arranged (often clustered), with nearly parallel margins and a truncated ...
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Ptychosperma Lineare
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida, Australia, New Guinea) Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * '' Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma gracile'' Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago * ''Ptychosperma halm ...
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Jailoloa Halmaherensis
''Jailoloa'' is a genus of palm (family Arecaceae), in the subtribe Ptychospermatinae. It has only one currently accepted species, ''Jailoloa halmaherensis'', native to the Moluccas. It only grows on ultramafic soils. The species is currently known only from its type locality in East Halmahera Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, and Sofifi, the capital of the province, is located on the west coa .... References Ptychospermatinae Monotypic Arecaceae genera Endemic flora of the Maluku Islands Halmahera Plants described in 2014 {{Arecaceae-stub ...
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Ptychosperma Gracile
''Ptychosperma gracile'' is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it occurs in the Louisiade and Bismarck Archipelagoes. It grows in rainforests. It has declined due to the loss of habitat to agriculture. References gracile Gracility is slenderness, the condition of being gracile, which means slender. It derives from the Latin adjective ''gracilis'' (masculine or feminine), or ''gracile'' ( neuter), which in either form means slender, and when transferred for examp ... Endemic flora of Papua New Guinea Endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{palm-stub ...
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Ptychosperma Furcatum
''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida, Australia, New Guinea) Species It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands * '' Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea * ''Ptychosperma gracile'' Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago * ''Ptychosperma halma ...
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