Copernicia

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Copernicia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Copernicia (from Copernicus). Palmaceae, tribe Corypheae. Tall fan-palms with their trunks frequently thickened above the base. Leaves flabellate, the petiole often with small spines; the small young lvs. usually undivided, the older much cut palmately: spadix very much branched, the fls. single upon it or in small clusters; calyx tubular, more or less deeply 3-toothed: fr. globose or ovoid, 1-seeded. —Species about 8, all confined to Trop. Amer. C. cerifera is a valuable economic plant, the wood being among the hardest known, and the Lvs. being the source of a valuable wax. For cult., see Corypha. G.C. II. 24:362. Beccari, Le Palme Americane, tribe Coryphea, 1907. C. australia, Becc., a recently described species, said to be more hardy than C. cerifera, has been cult, at Riverside, Calif. Taller, 60-80 ft.; infl. densely woolly tomentose. N. Taylor. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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