Iguanura
Iguanura is a
Description
This taxon is composed of very small, undergrowth palms which may be solitary or clustering, rarely exceeding 4 m in height. Stilt
The inflorescence usually emerges within the leaf crown but emerges below in those with rudimentary crownshafts. Branched or spicate, it contains male and female flowers, both with three sepals and three petals. Of the bees, wasps, ants and flies observed visiting the male flowers, only the ants were also consistent visitors to the female flowers. The fruit may be spherical or egg-shaped, bilobed, spindle-shaped, or flat and five-pointed.[3] Colored green, white, brown, pink or red, the fruit carries one seed which usually takes the shape of the endocarp.
Distribution and habitat
Often forming large colonies, they grow throughout the peninsulas of
Cultivation and uses
While generally decorative, their particular tropical needs have prevented much widespread cultivation. The leaves may be used for temporary shelters and the roots and fruit of I. wallichiana are reported to have
References
- ^ Blume, Bulletin des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles en Neéflande 1:66 1838. Type: I. leucocarpa
- ^ ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6
- ^ ISBN 978-0-935868-30-2
External links
Media related to Iguanura at Wikimedia Commons- Images at Fairchild
- Fairchild Guide to Palms: Iguanura
- PACSOA
