Socratea

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Socratea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Socratea (named after the philosopher Socrates). Palmaceae. Treated by Drude, in Engler & Prantl's "Pflanzenfamilien," vol. 2, part 3, page 60, as a subgenus of Iriartea, the subgenus characterized by the numerous stamens, the branches of the raphe which rise from the base and are united, running up to the micropyle which is at the apex of the seed. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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