663.030 Syagrus Mart.

ARECASTRUM (Drude) Becc.

LYTOCARYUM Toledo

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Solitary (in ours), unarmed, pleonanthic, monoecious palms. Crownshaft absent. Leaves pinnate; basal sheaths with fibrous margins. Leaflets single-folded, reduplicate. Inflorescences simple or branched to one order. Peduncular bract large, fusiform, woody. Fruit a drupe.

Derivation of name: after a name used by Pliny for a palm which in fact was not a Syagrus.

Worldwide: Caribbean and tropical South America.

Zimbabwe: 4 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
oleracea (Mart.) Becc.
pseudococos (Raddi) Glassman
romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman	Description, Image
weddelliana (H. Wendl.) Becc.

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Syagrus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Syagrus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Syagrus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Syagrus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Syagrus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Syagrus
JSTOR Plant Science: Syagrus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Syagrus
Plants of the World Online: Syagrus
Tropicos: Syagrus
Wikipedia: Syagrus