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Veitchia filifera

(H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore (1957)

This name is accepted

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

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Historical Distribution

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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: Gentes Herbarum 8: 533 (1957)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Veitchia filifera Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum. ULMakai, inner palm, low in island medium size within the grove (i.e. some were bigger, some smaller). Lyon Accession # L-69.0469 Preserved_Specimen Trunk 14' tall, 3 diam. Leaf: sheath 20 long, dark green with black scales sticking up; petiole 2.5; rachis 103, densely covered with dark brown scales; lower leaflets with 30 reins, leaflets 35-38 on a side, glaucous below, with ramenta only very proximal on underside of mid-vein, margins of leaflet grey below. Infl. 36 long x 54 wide, thinly covered with dark brown scales, 4x branched in basal branches; prophyll 15, 2-keeled, split at apex; peduncular bract 17; peduncle 4.5 long, 1.4 wide; branches angled. Male fls: petals cream; stamens 30-31. Baker, R.F. 890012 Oahu BISH 1989-11-30
2 Veitchia filifera Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum. ULMakai, inner palm, low in island medium size within the grove (i.e. some were bigger, some smaller). Lyon Accession # L-69.0469 Preserved_Specimen Trunk 14' tall, 3 diam. Leaf: sheath 20 long, dark green with black scales sticking up; petiole 2.5; rachis 103, densely covered with dark brown scales; lower leaflets with 30 reins, leaflets 35-38 on a side, glaucous below, with ramenta only very proximal on underside of mid-vein, margins of leaflet grey below. Infl. 36 long x 54 wide, thinly covered with dark brown scales, 4x branched in basal branches; prophyll 15, 2-keeled, split at apex; peduncular bract 17; peduncle 4.5 long, 1.4 wide; branches angled. Male fls: petals cream; stamens 30-31. Baker, R.F. 890012 Oahu BISH 1989-11-30
3 Veitchia filifera Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum. ULMakai, inner palm, low in island medium size within the grove (i.e. some were bigger, some smaller). Lyon Accession # L-69.0469 Preserved_Specimen Trunk 14' tall, 3 diam. Leaf: sheath 20 long, dark green with black scales sticking up; petiole 2.5; rachis 103, densely covered with dark brown scales; lower leaflets with 30 reins, leaflets 35-38 on a side, glaucous below, with ramenta only very proximal on underside of mid-vein, margins of leaflet grey below. Infl. 36 long x 54 wide, thinly covered with dark brown scales, 4x branched in basal branches; prophyll 15, 2-keeled, split at apex; peduncular bract 17; peduncle 4.5 long, 1.4 wide; branches angled. Male fls: petals cream; stamens 30-31. Baker, R.F. 890012 Oahu BISH 1989-11-30
4 Veitchia filifera Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum. ULMakai, inner palm, low in island medium size within the grove (i.e. some were bigger, some smaller). Lyon Accession # L-69.0469 Preserved_Specimen Trunk 14' tall, 3 diam. Leaf: sheath 20 long, dark green with black scales sticking up; petiole 2.5; rachis 103, densely covered with dark brown scales; lower leaflets with 30 reins, leaflets 35-38 on a side, glaucous below, with ramenta only very proximal on underside of mid-vein, margins of leaflet grey below. Infl. 36 long x 54 wide, thinly covered with dark brown scales, 4x branched in basal branches; prophyll 15, 2-keeled, split at apex; peduncular bract 17; peduncle 4.5 long, 1.4 wide; branches angled. Male fls: petals cream; stamens 30-31. Baker, R.F. 890012 Oahu BISH 1989-11-30
5 Veitchia filifera Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum. ULMakai, inner palm, low in island medium size within the grove (i.e. some were bigger, some smaller). Lyon Accession # L-69.0469 Preserved_Specimen Trunk 14' tall, 3 diam. Leaf: sheath 20 long, dark green with black scales sticking up; petiole 2.5; rachis 103, densely covered with dark brown scales; lower leaflets with 30 reins, leaflets 35-38 on a side, glaucous below, with ramenta only very proximal on underside of mid-vein, margins of leaflet grey below. Infl. 36 long x 54 wide, thinly covered with dark brown scales, 4x branched in basal branches; prophyll 15, 2-keeled, split at apex; peduncular bract 17; peduncle 4.5 long, 1.4 wide; branches angled. Male fls: petals cream; stamens 30-31. Baker, R.F. 890012 Oahu BISH 1989-11-30
6 Veitchia filifera Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum. ULMakai, inner palm, low in island medium size within the grove (i.e. some were bigger, some smaller). Lyon Accession # L-69.0469 Preserved_Specimen Trunk 14' tall, 3 diam. Leaf: sheath 20 long, dark green with black scales sticking up; petiole 2.5; rachis 103, densely covered with dark brown scales; lower leaflets with 30 reins, leaflets 35-38 on a side, glaucous below, with ramenta only very proximal on underside of mid-vein, margins of leaflet grey below. Infl. 36 long x 54 wide, thinly covered with dark brown scales, 4x branched in basal branches; prophyll 15, 2-keeled, split at apex; peduncular bract 17; peduncle 4.5 long, 1.4 wide; branches angled. Male fls: petals cream; stamens 30-31. Baker, R.F. 890012 Oahu BISH 1989-11-30
7 Veitchia filifera Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum. ULMakai, inner palm, low in island medium size within the grove (i.e. some were bigger, some smaller). Lyon Accession # L-69.0469 Preserved_Specimen Trunk 14' tall, 3 diam. Leaf: sheath 20 long, dark green with black scales sticking up; petiole 2.5; rachis 103, densely covered with dark brown scales; lower leaflets with 30 reins, leaflets 35-38 on a side, glaucous below, with ramenta only very proximal on underside of mid-vein, margins of leaflet grey below. Infl. 36 long x 54 wide, thinly covered with dark brown scales, 4x branched in basal branches; prophyll 15, 2-keeled, split at apex; peduncular bract 17; peduncle 4.5 long, 1.4 wide; branches angled. Male fls: petals cream; stamens 30-31. Baker, R.F. 890012 Oahu BISH 1989-11-30
8 Veitchia filifera Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum. ULMakai, inner palm, low in island medium size within the grove (i.e. some were bigger, some smaller). Lyon Accession # L-69.0469 Preserved_Specimen Trunk 14' tall, 3 diam. Leaf: sheath 20 long, dark green with black scales sticking up; petiole 2.5; rachis 103, densely covered with dark brown scales; lower leaflets with 30 reins, leaflets 35-38 on a side, glaucous below, with ramenta only very proximal on underside of mid-vein, margins of leaflet grey below. Infl. 36 long x 54 wide, thinly covered with dark brown scales, 4x branched in basal branches; prophyll 15, 2-keeled, split at apex; peduncular bract 17; peduncle 4.5 long, 1.4 wide; branches angled. Male fls: petals cream; stamens 30-31. Baker, R.F. 890012 Oahu BISH 1989-11-30
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