Solitaire Palm (species: Ptychosperma elegans) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Ptychosperma elegans
Solitaire Palm


©Anne Hoggett: A group of Solitaire Palms at Lizard Island. They went through Cyclone Ita and a planned burn of the island 5 and 3 months previously.

©Anne Hoggett: Solitaire Palms at Lizard Island - leaf bases and the dry remains of inflorescences.

©Anne Hoggett: Solitaire Palms at Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Arecales
Family Arecaceae
Genus Ptychosperma
Species Ptychosperma elegans

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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References

  • Byrnes, N.B., S.L. Everist, S.T. Reynolds, A. Specht and R.L. Specht (1977). The vegetation of Lizard Island, North Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88: 1-15. LIRS catalog number 3.
  • Cooper, W. (2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Nokomis Editions, Melbourne.