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Neonicholsonia

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Kingdom
  
Tribe
  
Areceae

Scientific name
  
Neonicholsonia watsonii

Order
  
Family
  
Species
  
N. watsonii

Rank
  
Genus

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Ptychococcus, Cyphokentia, Pogonotium, Ammandra, Chelyocarpus

Neonicholsonia watsonii palm at fairchild s hothouse


Neonicholsonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family native to Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama). The genus and species names honor George Nicholson, a former curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and his successor William Watson.

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Description

The trunk is solitary and acaulescent or barely emergent, producing 1.5 m leaves, pinnately cleft, with a gentle arch. The leaves are carried on short petioles, the leaflets grow to 30 cm, elliptical, and colored emerald green, and are widely and regularly arranged along the rachis. The inflorescence is a solitary, interfoliar spike with a long, slender peduncle, carrying male and female flowers. The fruit is ellipsoidal, black when ripe, with one globose seed.

Distribution and habitat

Found in the rainforests from Nicaragua to Panama from sea level to 250 m.

References

Neonicholsonia Wikipedia


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