Calyptrocalyx julianettii (Calyptrocalyx julianettii)
Description
Solitary or clustering, small palms. Stems erect, 1-2 m tall, 12-24 mm in diam.; crown holds about 10 leaves. Leaves irregularly segmented, 60-90 by 25-30 cm, with outer margin curved toward the leaf apex; 1eafbase 14-18 cm long, cylindrical, with scaly tomentum, margin finely lacerate-fibrous; petiole absent, or 1-3 cm by 3-4 mm, shallowly channelled adaxially; lamina 36-70 cm long, outline elongate to elliptical, 5-12 segments per side, segments falcate to sigmoid, rigid, dark green adaxially, lighter abaxially; narrow segments with a single midrib, broad segments with 2-12 ribs, lowest segments shortest, with 1-3 ribs, apical segments broad with 7-9 ribs, midleaf segments narrower than either basal or apical segments, 10-15 mm wide; midribs raised only on adaxial surface. Inflorescence 40-90 cm long, 1-4-spiked; prophylll6-17 cm long; peduncular bract 24-38 cm long, with dark scaly tomentum; peduncle 20-40 cm long, subterete, 1.5-3 mm wide; rameal bracts in distal portion to 2 mm long; rachilla 15-30 em long, 3-3.5 mm in diam., fusiform, with dark scaly tomentum; floral pits distantly to closely spaced, margin raised. Staminate flowers 2.5-5 mm long in bud, ovoid; sepals about 1 mm long, broadly ovate, basally ridged, margins ciliate; petals 2-5 mm long, longitudinally striate, cream; stamens 9; anthers linear, shallowly sagittate, versatile; pistillode narrow, columnar. Pistillate flowers with sepals broadly rounded; petal apex briefly triangular. Fruit ellipsoid, tapered acutely to the apex, 11-13 mm long, 6-9 mm in diam., red; epicarp smooth, minutely linear granular when dry; mesocarp fleshy. Seed globose, 5-8 mm in diam.; endosperm homogeneous. (Smithsonian Tropical Institute) Editing by edric.
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: Calyptrocalyx
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