Verschaffeltia splendida

H.Wendl. (1865)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Genus: Verschaffeltia

latanier latte, seychelles stilt palm

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Ill. Hort. 12(Misc.): 6 (1865)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl. Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Allerton Garden Palmetum. Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 7446 Kauai PTBG 3/30/2009
2 Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl. foster gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN potter, c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 11/30/1959
3 Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl. KAUAI: Koloa District, Lawai Valley, NTBG, Bamboo Bridge #780346.001, growing in cultivation by the stairs across from Bamboo Bridge shed area. From a nursery near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii, Herbert Shipman. Solitary palm 4.6 m ht w/ 8 leaves in the crown, DBH 14 cm, large, bifid leaves, 56 pair pinnae, pinnately ribbed, reduplicate, sheaths tubular, nearly undivided leaf with PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Melany H. Chapin 62 Kauai PTBG 5/10/2000
4 Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl. Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Bamboo Bridge Section. Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Melany H. Chapin 84 Kauai PTBG 9/3/2002
5 Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl. Foster Gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Potter, C. s.n. Oahu BISH 11/30/1959
6 Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl. foster gardens dry, wooded PRESERVED_SPECIMEN potter, c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 11/30/1959