Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
602.000 Dypsis
CHRYSALIDOCARPUS H.A. Wendl.
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Description of the genus
Monoecious palms, growing in clusters, Trunks erect with conspicuous nodal rings, unarmed. Leaves: bases yellowish, forming a distinct crownshaft; lamina pinnate, unarmed, reduplicate; segments lanceolate, evenly spaced, ascending. Inflorescence axillary below the crown of leaves, paniculate, branching in 3 orders. Flowers sessile in triads. Sepals 3, free, imbricate. Petals 3, briefly connate basally, valvate. Fruit a drupe, ellipsoid, exocarp yellow, smooth. Seeds ovoid. Derivation of name: Derivation obscure Worldwide: 144 species in Tanzania, Comoros and Madagascar. Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| cabadae (H.E. Moore) Beentje & J. Dransf. | |
| decaryi (Jum.) Beentje & J. Dransf. | Description, Image |
| lutescens (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DypsisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dypsis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dypsis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dypsis
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iNaturalist: Dypsis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dypsis
JSTOR Plant Science: Dypsis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dypsis
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