Ptychosperma
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Ptychosperma is a genus of flowering plant
in the Arecaceae
family. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, but some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants.
It contains the following species:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Arecaceae
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
family. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, but some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants.
It contains the following species:
- Ptychosperma burretianum
- Ptychosperma caryotoides
- Ptychosperma elegansPtychosperma elegansPtychosperma elegans, also known as the "Solitaire palm" and the "Alexander palm," is a very slender palm common to Florida but native to Australia. It is sometimes confused with Archontophoenix alexandrae which is a much larger palm but appears similar in the immature form...
- Ptychosperma furcatum
- Ptychosperma gracilePtychosperma gracilePtychosperma gracile is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Essig, F.B. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Ptychosperma hentyiPtychosperma hentyiPtychosperma hentyi is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Essig, F.B. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Ptychosperma lauterbachii
- Ptychosperma lineare
- Ptychosperma macarthurii
- Ptychosperma microcarpum
- Ptychosperma propinquum
- Ptychosperma pullenii
- Ptychosperma salomonense
- Ptychosperma sanderianum
- Ptychosperma schefferi
- Ptychosperma waitianum