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Dypsis nodifera

Mart. (1849)

This name is accepted

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

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Description

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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: Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 312 (1849)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dypsis nodifera Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Single, trunk bumpy, 8 ft. tall, 1.5 in. diam. Leaf sheath 9 in.; petiole 2.5 in.; rachis 29.5 in.' leaflets 33-35 on a side, clustered, one-ribbed, with long drooping tips. Infl. peduncle 6.75 in. long, 1.25 in. wide, 2x branched; rachis 11.25 in. long, 0.5 in. wide; prophyll 6 in. long; 2 peduncular bracts: the first 8.5 in. long, somewhat 2-keeled; the 2nd incomplete, ca. 3 in. long. Fruit olive brown, smooth, with thin flesh, elliptical, 0.3 in. long x 0.19 in. wide. Baker, R.F. 900122 Oahu BISH 1990-02-23
2 Dypsis nodifera Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Single, trunk bumpy, 8 ft. tall, 1.5 in. diam. Leaf sheath 9 in.; petiole 2.5 in.; rachis 29.5 in.' leaflets 33-35 on a side, clustered, one-ribbed, with long drooping tips. Infl. peduncle 6.75 in. long, 1.25 in. wide, 2x branched; rachis 11.25 in. long, 0.5 in. wide; prophyll 6 in. long; 2 peduncular bracts: the first 8.5 in. long, somewhat 2-keeled; the 2nd incomplete, ca. 3 in. long. Fruit olive brown, smooth, with thin flesh, elliptical, 0.3 in. long x 0.19 in. wide. Baker, R.F. 900122 Oahu BISH 1990-02-23
3 Dypsis nodifera Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Single, trunk bumpy, 8 ft. tall, 1.5 in. diam. Leaf sheath 9 in.; petiole 2.5 in.; rachis 29.5 in.' leaflets 33-35 on a side, clustered, one-ribbed, with long drooping tips. Infl. peduncle 6.75 in. long, 1.25 in. wide, 2x branched; rachis 11.25 in. long, 0.5 in. wide; prophyll 6 in. long; 2 peduncular bracts: the first 8.5 in. long, somewhat 2-keeled; the 2nd incomplete, ca. 3 in. long. Fruit olive brown, smooth, with thin flesh, elliptical, 0.3 in. long x 0.19 in. wide. Baker, R.F. 900122 Oahu BISH 1990-02-23
4 Dypsis nodifera Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Single, trunk bumpy, 8 ft. tall, 1.5 in. diam. Leaf sheath 9 in.; petiole 2.5 in.; rachis 29.5 in.' leaflets 33-35 on a side, clustered, one-ribbed, with long drooping tips. Infl. peduncle 6.75 in. long, 1.25 in. wide, 2x branched; rachis 11.25 in. long, 0.5 in. wide; prophyll 6 in. long; 2 peduncular bracts: the first 8.5 in. long, somewhat 2-keeled; the 2nd incomplete, ca. 3 in. long. Fruit olive brown, smooth, with thin flesh, elliptical, 0.3 in. long x 0.19 in. wide. Baker, R.F. 900122 Oahu BISH 1990-02-23
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