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Umbrella Palm
Umbrella palm is a common name for several plants and may refer to: * ''Hedyscepe canterburyana'', a palm tree in the family Arecaceae * ''Cyperus alternifolius ''Cyperus alternifolius'', the umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge or umbrella palm, is a grass-like plant in the very large genus ''Cyperus'' of the sedge family Cyperaceae. The plant is native to West Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula, ...'', a sedge in the family Cyperaceae {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedyscepe Canterburyana
''Hedyscepe canterburyana'', the big mountain palm or umbrella palm, is the sole species in the genus ''Hedyscepe'' of the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia and is threatened by habitat loss. It is a solitary palm with a distinct crownshaft, and bears unisexual flowers of both sexes. With the ''Rhopalostylis'' palms of Norfolk Island and New Zealand it forms the botanic subtribe Rhopalostylidinae. If differs from ''Rhopalostylis'' in minor floral details including having more than six stamens, and in being protandrous rather than protogynous. The two genera were formerly included in Archontophoenicinae until a recent revision (Dransfield, Uhl et al., 2005). In some (but not all) molecular phylogenetic analyses, ''Hedyscepe'' was found to be nested in the New Caledonia endemic ''Basselinia''. Description ''Hedyscepe canterburyana'' is a slow-growing palm up to tall which grows on mountain forests, cliffs, and exposed ridges overlooking the sea, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
