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Trunks smooth, ringed, crowned at the summit by a dense cluster of pinnately divided lvs.: lfts. acuminate, either entire or jagged at the apex: spadix simple or sometimes branched, appearing below the lvs.: fls. monoecious in the same spadix: fr. an ovoid drupe. For cult., see Archontophoenix, to which belong many of the plants in the trade under Ptychosperma. For P. elegans, consult Seaforthia. | Trunks smooth, ringed, crowned at the summit by a dense cluster of pinnately divided lvs.: lfts. acuminate, either entire or jagged at the apex: spadix simple or sometimes branched, appearing below the lvs.: fls. monoecious in the same spadix: fr. an ovoid drupe. For cult., see Archontophoenix, to which belong many of the plants in the trade under Ptychosperma. For P. elegans, consult Seaforthia. | ||
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| + | P. alba, Scheff.=Dictyosperma alba.—P. Alexandrae, F. Muell. =Archontophoenix Alexandrae.—P. Cunninghamiana, H. Wendl.= Archontophoenix Cunninghamii—P. elegana, Hort.=Seaforthia.— P. Rumpnii=Drymophlaeus.-P.Seemanii=Balaka. | ||
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Read about Ptychosperma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Ptychosperma (Greek words, probably referring to the ruminate albumen of the seed). Palmaceae. A. small and unimportant group of palms little known in America. Trunks smooth, ringed, crowned at the summit by a dense cluster of pinnately divided lvs.: lfts. acuminate, either entire or jagged at the apex: spadix simple or sometimes branched, appearing below the lvs.: fls. monoecious in the same spadix: fr. an ovoid drupe. For cult., see Archontophoenix, to which belong many of the plants in the trade under Ptychosperma. For P. elegans, consult Seaforthia.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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