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Anatomy of the Palm Rhapis excelsa, VII. Flowers

1969; Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; Volume: 50; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5962/p.185756

2474-3283

Natalie W. Uhl, L O Morrow, Harold E. Moore,

Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Tur GENUS Rhapis is one of a group of six genera in the subfamily Coryphoideae centered in the southeastern.United States (Rhapidophyllum) and southeastern Asia (Liberbaileya, Maxburretia, Trachycarpus, Rhapis) with a Mediterranean outlier (Chamaerops).These genera are notable for complete apocarpy coupled with an apparently specialized inflorescence (relative to the subfamily as a whole), polygamy or dioecism, * This study was undertaken at the request of and in collaboration with Drs.P. B. Tomlinson and M. H. Zimmermann.