Hovoka (Dypsis poivreana)
Description
Solitary palm to 80 cm high. Stem about 8 mm in diam; internodes 2.5-4.5 cm, densely pubescent distally. Leaves about 8 in the crown, entire; sheath 11-13 cm long, 1/2 to 2/3 closed, with dense scales, auricles 0.7-1 cm; petiole 3-19 cm long, distally 2-3 mm diam, densely scaly or with scattered scales; lamina entire, 24-42 cm long, midrib 5-10 cm long, lobes 19-37 x 2.4-4.5 cm, main veins 5-7, with scattered scales on minor and major veins, apex dentate over a width of 4-12 mm. Inflorescence unbranched; peduncle 14-26 cm long, about 2 mm in diam., densely red-pubescent; prophyll 6-13 cm long, 4.5 mm wide, with reddish flaking pubescence, borne at about 4 cm above the base of the peduncle, open in the distal 1-1.5 cm; peduncular bract inserted at 6-21 cm from the base of the peduncle, 8-14 cm long, with scattered scales, open in the distal 2 cm, sometimes with a 5 mm beak; non-tubular peduncular bract sometimes present, about 2 mm; rachilla 11-26 cm, 1.5-2 mm in diam, densely scaly, with spaced triads. Staminate Flowers with sepals 1.3-1.7 x 0.8-1.8 mm; petals on a 0.2-0.4 mm high receptacle, 2-2.6 x 1.3-1.7 mm; stamens 6, biseriate (offset 0.2-0.3 mm), filaments 0.9-1.7 mm and thin (and occasionally connate for about 0.2 mm), anthers 1.3-1.8 x 0.4-0.6 mm, versatile; pistillode 0.6-1 x 0.3-0.5 mm, pyramidal. Pistillate Flowers with sepals 1.2-2.2 x 1.6-2.1 mm; petals 3-3.9 x 2.8-3.6 mm; staminodes 0.3-0.9 mm; gynoecium 2.8-4 x 2-2.6 mm, trifid.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Arecales
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Family: Arecaceae
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Genus: Dypsis
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