View source for Rhapidophyllum hystrix

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|accepted_name=Rhapidophyllum hystrix
|accepted_authority=(Pursh) H. Wendland & Drude
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Zeitung (Berlin)
|place=34: 803. 1876
|year=1876
}}
|common_names=Needle palm;palmier a aiguilles
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Chamaerops hystrix
|authority=Pursh
|publication_title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication_place=1: 240. 1814
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rhapis caroliniana
|authority=Hort ex Kunth
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sabal hystrix
|authority=(Pursh) Nuttall
}}
|hierarchy=Arecaceae;Arecaceae subfam. Coryphoideae;Arecaceae tribe Corypheae;Arecaceae (tribe Corypheae) subtribe Thrinacinae;Rhapidophyllum;Rhapidophyllum hystrix
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Arecaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Arecaceae subfam. Coryphoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Arecaceae tribe Corypheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Arecaceae (tribe Corypheae) subtribe Thrinacinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rhapidophyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rhapidophyllum hystrix]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 101
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or procumbent, short, 1–7 dm, caespitose shoots often present. <b>Leaves</b> less than 70 cm wide; leaf sheath bearing stout emergent spinelike fibers, ca. 50 cm. <b>Flowers</b> yellowish. <b>Fruits</b> brown, ellipsoid, length ca. 2 cm, diam. 1.5 cm. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Rich soil over limestone in shady mesic to wet woodlands, and along banks of ravines and streams
|elevation=20–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;S.C.
|discussion=<p>The palm usually grows prodecumbently with adventitious roots emerging from the trunk where it contacts moist soil (A. G. Shuey and R. P. Wunderlin 1977). In the wild, <i>Rhapidophyllum</i> forms suckers along its stem, and it is thatis vegetative reproduction, more than seedling reproduction, that maintains most populations (K. E. Clancy and M. J. Sullivan 1988).</p><!--
--><p>Flowers are protandrous and most likely to be pollinated by a species of Notolomus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The evil-smelling and curiously hirsute fruits are taken by black bears (D. S. Maehr and J. R. Brady 1984) and other mammals (A. G. Shuey and R. P. Wunderlin 1977).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Rhapidophyllum hystrix
|author=
|authority=(Pursh) H. Wendland & Drude
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Rhapis caroliniana;Sabal hystrix
|basionyms=Chamaerops hystrix
|family=Arecaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Rich soil over limestone in shady mesic to wet woodlands, and along banks of ravines and streams
|elevation=20–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Zeitung (Berlin)
|publication year=1876
|special status=
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|subfamily=Arecaceae subfam. Coryphoideae
|tribe=Arecaceae tribe Corypheae
|subtribe=Arecaceae (tribe Corypheae) subtribe Thrinacinae
|genus=Rhapidophyllum
|species=Rhapidophyllum hystrix
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