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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii''
| image = Paurotispalmfruit.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Stand of fruiting specimens
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Arecales]]
| familia = [[Arecaceae]]
| genus = '''''Acoelorrhaphe'''''
| genus_authority = [[Heinrich Wendland|H.L.Wendl.]]
| species = '''''A. wrightii'''''
| binomial = ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii''
| binomial_authority = ([[August Grisebach|Griseb.]] & H.L.Wendl.) H.L.Wendl. ex [[Odoardo Beccari|Becc.]]
}}
'''''Acoelorrhaphe''''' is a genus of [[Arecaceae|palms]], comprising the single species '''''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii''''' ('''Paurotis palm''', also known as the '''Everglades palm''', '''Madiera palm''' and '''Silver saw palmetto''').<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?1326 ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'']</ref><ref name=kew>Kew Checklist of Palms: [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Acoelorrhaphe&page=quickSearch ''Acoelorrhaphe'']</ref><ref name=ipni>International Plant Names Index (IPNI): [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?id=31065-1&query_type=by_id&output_format=object_view&back_page=plantsearch&ret_wholeName=Acoelorrhaphe ''Acoelorrhaphe'']</ref><ref name=>Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida: [http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/acoelorrhaphe_wrightii.htm ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'']</ref>
It is native to [[Central America]], southeastern [[Mexico]], the [[West Indies]], the [[Bahamas]], and extreme southern [[Florida]] where it grows in swamps or periodically flooded forests. It is a small to moderately tall palm that grows in clusters to 5-7 [[metre|m]], rarely 9 m tall, with slender stems less than 15 cm diameter. The leaves are [[Leaf shape|palmate]] (fan-shaped), with segments joined to each other for about half of their length, and are 1–2 m wide, light-green above, and silver underneath. The leaf petiole is 1–1.2 m long, and has orange, curved, sharp teeth along the edges. The flowers are minute, inconspicuous and greenish, with 6 [[stamen]]s. The [[trunk (botany)|trunk]] is covered with fibrous matting. The fruit is [[pea]]-sized, starting orange and turning to black at maturity.<ref name=fna>''Flora of North America'': [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100289 genus account] and [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000001 species account]</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>
The genus name is often cited as ''Acoelorraphe'',<ref name=fna/><ref name=usda>USDA Plants Profile: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACWR4 ''Acoelorraphe wrightii'']</ref> a grammatical error to be corrected under the provisions of the [[ICBN]]. The genus name is a combination of three Greek words meaning ''a-'' 'without', ''koilos'' 'hollow', and ''rhaphis'' 'needle', an allusion to the form of the fruit. The species is named after the American botanist [[Charles Henry Wright]].
===Cultivation and uses===
[[Image:Aceolorraphe wrightii 1.jpg|left|thumb|Cultivated specimen in a greenhouse at [[Missouri Botanical Garden]]]]
The Paurotis palm was formerly plentiful in Florida, but many plants were taken for the [[nursery (horticulture)|nursery]] trade. The palm is now protected in the wild by Florida law. Trees propagated from seed or by sawing apart the base of a cluster are available in nurseries. It is hardy in most of the [[Florida#Geography|Florida peninsula]], and salt-tolerant.<ref name=bush>Bush, Charles S. and Morton, Julia F. (1969) Native Trees and Plants for Florida Landscaping (pp.11-12). Department of Agriculture - State of Florida.</ref> <br clear=left>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Palms]]
[[Category:Trees of Central America|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of the Caribbean|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of Florida|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of the Yucatán|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of Mexico|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of the Bahamas|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[es:Tasiste]]
[[pt:Acoelorrhaphe]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii''
| image = Paurotispalmfruit.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Stand of fruiting specimens
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Arecales]]
| familia = [[Arecaceae]]
| genus = '''''Acoelorrhaphe'''''
| genus_authority = [[Heinrich Wendland|H.L.Wendl.]]
| species = '''''A. wrightii'''''
| binomial = ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii''
| binomial_authority = ([[August Grisebach|Griseb.]] & H.L.Wendl.) H.L.Wendl. ex [[Odoardo Beccari|Becc.]]
}}
'''''Acoelorrhaphe''''' is a genus of [[Arecaceae|palms]], comprising the single species '''''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii''''' ('''Paurotis palm''', also known as the '''Everglades palm''', '''Madiera palm''' and '''Silver saw palmetto''').<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?1326 ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'']</ref><ref name=kew>Kew Checklist of Palms: [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Acoelorrhaphe&page=quickSearch ''Acoelorrhaphe'']</ref><ref name=ipni>International Plant Names Index (IPNI): [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?id=31065-1&query_type=by_id&output_format=object_view&back_page=plantsearch&ret_wholeName=Acoelorrhaphe ''Acoelorrhaphe'']</ref><ref name=>Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida: [http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/acoelorrhaphe_wrightii.htm ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'']</ref>
It is native to [[Central America]], southeastern [[Mexico]], the [[West Indies]], the [[Bahamas]], and extreme southern [[Florida]] where it grows in swamps or periodically flooded forests. It is a small to moderately tall palm that grows in clusters to 5-7 [[metre|m]], rarely 9 m tall, with slender stems less than 15 cm diameter. The leaves are [[Leaf shape|palmate]] (fan-shaped), with segments joined to each other for about half of their length, and are 1–2 m wide, light-green above, and silver underneath. The leaf petiole is 1–1.2 m long, and has orange, curved, sharp teeth along the edges. The flowers are minute, inconspicuous and greenish, with 6 [[stamen]]s. The [[trunk (botany)|trunk]] is covered with fibrous matting. The fruit is [[pea]]-sized, starting orange and turning to black at maturity.<ref name=fna>''Flora of North America'': [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100289 genus account] and [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000001 species account]</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>
The genus name is often cited as ''Acoelorraphe'',<ref name=fna/><ref name=usda>USDA Plants Profile: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACWR4 ''Acoelorraphe wrightii'']</ref> a grammatical error to be corrected under the provisions of the [[ICBN]]. The genus name is a combination of three Greek words meaning ''a-'' 'without', ''koilos'' 'hollow', and ''rhaphis'' 'needle', an allusion to the form of the fruit. The species is named after the American botanist [[Charles Henry Wright]].
===Cultivation and uses===
[[Image:Aceolorraphe wrightii 1.jpg|left|thumb|Cultivated specimen in a greenhouse at [[Missouri Botanical Garden]]]]
The Paurotis palm was formerly plentiful in Florida, but many plants were taken for the [[nursery (horticulture)|nursery]] trade. The palm is now protected in the wild by Florida law. Trees propagated from seed or by sawing apart the base of a cluster are available in nurseries. It is hardy in most of the [[Florida#Geography|Florida peninsula]], and salt-tolerant.<ref name=bush>Bush, Charles S. and Morton, Julia F. (1969) Native Trees and Plants for Florida Landscaping (pp.11-12). Department of Agriculture - State of Florida.</ref> <br clear=left>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Palms]]
[[Category:Trees of Central America|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of the Caribbean|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of Florida|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of the Yucatán|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of Mexico|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[Category:Trees of the Bahamas|Palm, Paurotis]]
[[es:Tasiste]]
[[pt:Acoelorrhaphe]]