Syagrus vermicularis (Syagrus vermicularis)
Description
Solitary palm tree. Stem erect, 10 m tall, about 12�20 cm in diam., basally with a large root boss to about 45 cm in diam., distally stem very conspicuously ringed with oblique leaf scars, new internodes densely covered with white caducous wooly indument; internode about 9�17 cm long. Leaves about 12�15 in crown, spirally arranged and spreading; leaf sheath plus petiole about 90�100 cm long � about 18�20 cm wide at the base, composed of finely-netted matting of fibers breaking away easily and leaving a finely fibrous margin on the apparent petiole, apparent petiole adaxially channeled and abaxially rounded and covered adaxially with wooly caducous indument; true petiole 6�8 cm long, about 3.1�4.4 cm wide and 1.5�2.2 cm thick at the base of the leaf blade; rachis 2.2�2.5 m long with about 100�140 pairs of leaflets distributed in clusters of 2�3 along the rachis in various divergent planes; middle leaflets about 80�90 cm long � 3�4 cm wide. Infloresence interfoliar, androgynous, erect in bud, later horizontal; peduncle 60�61 cm long � 4 cm wide � 2 cm thick; peduncular bract about 90�103 cm long including a beak 4�5 cm and the expanded or inflated part of the bract measuring ca. 55�65 � 27�29 cm and with a perimeter 33�37 cm, 5�9 mm thick, often separating from the peduncle before the fruits reach full maturity; rachis 49�52 cm long; rachillae about 70�100, apical ones about 54 cm long and basal ones about 118 cm, a major part of the distal portion of the rachillae devoid of any flowers, sterile and folded back and forth on themselves like dried noodles or worms. Flowers bright yellow drying white or cream-colored
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: Syagrus
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