Cyphokentia

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Cyphokentia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cyphokentia (allied to Kentia, differing, among other things, in having a lateral protuberance or tumor on the fr., whence the name). Palmaceae. Feather Ivd. robust spineless palms, of very few species in New Caledonia, suitable for the warmhouse but little grown. The Lvs. are terminal and pinnate-parted, the segms. long-swordshaped and narrowed at apex, the margins at base recurved: spathe-valves 2, deciduous, bearing stout glabrous branching spadices; fls. diclinous, the stamens 6 or 12: fr. small, globose or ellipsoidal. Engler and Prantl combine Cypnosperma and Microkentia with this genus, comprising, about 10 species, all of New Caledonia. The original species are: C. robusta, Brongn., with the branches of the spadix thick and long-cylindrical, fr. reniform-ellipsoidal, stigma not prominent above the base, and seeds reniform; C. macrostachya, Brongn., with long flexuose spadix branches, globose fr., lateral stigma, and usually subglobose seeds. The cyphokentias probably require the treatment given arecas. L H. B. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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