Phoenix loureiroi
Phoenix loureiroi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Genus: | Phoenix |
Species: | P. loureiroi
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Binomial name | |
Phoenix loureiroi | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Phoenix loureiroi (commonly known as the mountain date palm, vuyavuy palm, or voyavoy palm,
Phoenix loureiroi is named after
Description
Phoenix loureiroi contains solitary and clustering plants with trunks from 1–4 m high and 25 cm in width, usually covered in old leaf bases. The leaves vary to some degree but usually reach 2 m in length with leaflets wide at the base and sharply pointed apices. The leaflets emerge from the rachis at varying angles creating a stiff, plumose leaf.
The fruit is a single-seeded drupe, bluish-black when ripe, produced on erect, yellow inflorescences, usually hidden within the leaf crown. The species is noted for its variability in different habitats.[4]
Varieties
There are two
-filled cells along the midribs and margins of leaflets:- Phoenix loureiroi var. loureiroi.
- Phoenix loureiroi var. pedunculata (Griff.) Govaerts (syn. P. loureiroi var. humilis S.C.Barrow).
Cultural importance
Fibers from P. loureiroi var. loureiroi, known locally as "vuyavuy palm" (also spelled "voyavoy"), are used to make the distinctive vakul headgear and kanayi vests of the
References
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
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- ^ a b c "Phoenix loureiroi". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6(pages 402-403)
- ^ "Phoenix Palm in Itbayat, Batanes". Connecting. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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