Dypsis cabadae

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Common Names

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Description

Genus Dypsis

Trunks erect , clustered, less than 15 cm diam., clustering , erect, with conspicuous nodal rings , unarmed , occasionally branching near base . Leaves: leaf bases unarmed, yellowish, forming distinct crownshaft ; blade pinnate [undivided], unarmed; plication reduplicate ; segments lanceolate, evenly spaced, strongly ascending ; apices acuminate. Inflorescences axillary below crown of leaves, paniculate , with 3 orders of branching; prophyll small; peduncular bracts caducous , tubular . Flowers unisexual , sessile, in triads of 1 pistillate flower flanked by 2 staminate flowers . Staminate flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free ; petals 3, briefly connate basally, valvate ; stamens 6, free; anthers dorsifixed ; pistillode present. Pistillate flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free; petals 3, imbricate, free; staminodes 6, minute; pistil 1; ovules 1; stigmas 3. Fruits drupes, ellipsoid ; exocarp yellow, smooth ; mesocarp fleshy ; endocarp thin, fibrous , terete in cross section . Seeds ovoid ; endosperm homogeneous ; embryo subbasal ; eophyll 2-cleft; segments lanceolate.

Species 140: native to Africa (Madagascar and adjacent islands).

Dypsis is a morphologically diverse genus restricted to Madagascar and adjacent islands. The genus has recently been revised and substantially expanded by J. Dransfield and H. J. Beentje (1995b). The most familiar species, D. lutescens (H. Wendland) Beentje & J. Dransfield, is hardly representative of the astonishing diversity in growth form , leaf shape , floral details, and fruit morphology found in the genus."Dypsis". in Flora of North America Vol. 22 Page 115. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

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

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Chrysalidocarpus cabadae H. E. Moore

Notes

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dypsis

There are approximately 174 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

D. 'Mahajanga' (Dypsis) · D. 'Slick Willy' (Dypsis) · D. 'Weeping Leaf form' (Dypsis) · D. 'White Stem' (Dypsis) · D. acaulis · D. acuminum · D. albofarinosa (White Powder Palm) · D. ambanjae · D. ambilaensis · D. ambositrae (Ambositra Palm) · D. ampasindavae · D. andapae · D. andrianatonga · D. angusta · D. angustifolia · D. ankaizinensis · D. anovensis · D. antanambensis · D. aquatilis · D. arenarum (Sand Palm) · D. baronii (Dypsis) · D. basilonga · D. basilongus (Dypsis) · D. beentjei · D. bejofo (Brain Seed Palm) · D. bernierana · D. bernieriana · D. betamponensis · D. boiviniana · D. bonsai · D. bosseri · D. brevicaulis · D. cabadae (Cabada Palm) · D. cabadae x leptocheilos (Dypsis) · D. canaliculata · D. canescens · D. carlsmithii (Stumpy Palm) · D. catatiana · D. caudata · D. ceracea (Dypsis) · D. cereceus · D. commersoniana · D. concinna · D. confusa · D. cookei · D. coriacea · D. corniculata · D. coursii · D. crinita (Vonitra Palm) · D. curtisii · D. decaryi (Three Cornered Palm) · D. decipiens (Manambe Palm) · D. delicatula · D. digitata · D. dransfieldii · D. elegans · D. eriostachys · D. faneva · D. fanjana · D. fasciculata (Dypsis) · D. fibrosa (Dypsis) · D. florencei (Candy Cane Palm) · D. forcifolia (Dypsis) · D. forficifolia · D. furcata · D. glabrescens · D. gracilis · D. henrici · D. heteromorpha · D. heterophylla · D. hiarakae · D. hildebrandtii · D. hirtula · D. hovomantsina (Hovomantsina Palm) · D. humbertii · D. humblotiana · D. ifanadianae · D. integra (Dypsis) · D. intermedia · D. interrupta · D. jumelleana · D. laevis · D. lanceolata (Dypsis) · D. lantzeana (Dypsis) · D. lanuginosa · D. lastelliana (Red Neck Palm) · D. leptocheilos (Redneck Palm) · D. ligulata · D. linearis · D. littoralis · D. lokohoensis · D. longipes · D. loucoubensis · D. louvelii · D. lucens · D. lutea · D. lutescens (Areca Palm) · D. madagascariensis (Hirihiry) · D. mahia · D. malcomberi

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Notes

Contributors

• BioSystematic Database of World Diptera, 7.0, 2005.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 23, 2008.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5883558
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-65417
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1470328
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:985364-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 985364-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 644585

Footnotes

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