Roscheria
Roscheria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae
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Tribe: | Areceae |
Subtribe: | Verschaffeltiinae |
Genus: | Roscheria H.Wendl. ex Balf.f.[2][3] |
Species: | R. melanochaetes
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Binomial name | |
Roscheria melanochaetes H.Wendl.
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Roscheria is an
Description
Roscheria melanochaetes is a slow-growing palm. The trunk reaches 8 m in height at 8 cm in diameter, usually straight, featuring distinctive rings near the crown. The trunks exhibit rings of black spines at each stem node, but this feature is most pronounced in young plants; as the plants age they grow fewer and fewer trunk spines, or none at all. Spines are also present on the crownshaft and petioles and these persist into maturity.
The crownshaft is 3 m tall, light green in color, covered in brown scales, especially nearing the top. The crownshaft bulges in its center and holds 12–16
Unlike most crown-shafted species, the
.Cultivation
These plants will not tolerate drought or cold. Growing naturally in rain forest understory, they also require shade when young, as well as moist, humus rich soil. These particulars usually make the plant difficult to cultivate, even in tropical areas.
References
- . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ H.A. Wendland ex I.B. Balfour in J.G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles 386, 1877. Type: R. melanochaetes
- ^ "Roscheria H.Wendl. ex Balf.f." Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6(Page 440–441)