View source for Syagrus ← Syagrus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Syagrus |accepted_authority=Martius |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Palm. Fam. |place=18. 1824 |year=1824 }} |common_names=Queen palm |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Arecaceae;Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae;Arecaceae tribe Cocoeae;Arecaceae (tribe Cocoeae) subtribe Butiinae;Syagrus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Arecaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Arecaceae tribe Cocoeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Arecaceae (tribe Cocoeae) subtribe Butiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Syagrus]]</div></div> |etymology=classical name, derivation unknown, but a name used by Pliny for a kind of palm |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page=page 121 |treatment_page=page 120 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>solitary, erect, robust, unarmed, bearing conspicuous nodal rings. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole unarmed; sheath not forming crownshaft; blade pinnate, unarmed; plication reduplicate; segments regularly arranged in multiple planes, apices acute to 2-cleft. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary within crown of leaves, paniculate, 1 order of branching, ascending, becoming pendulous in fruit; prophyll short; peduncular bract woody, beaked, splitting abaxially, becoming boat-shaped. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, sessile, borne in triads of 1 pistillate flower flanked by 2 staminate, staminate flowers borne singly along distal portions of rachillae. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 3, connate; petals 3, free, valvate, leathery; stamens 6, free; anthers linear; pistillode with 3 minute lobes. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers borne basally on rachillae, massive; sepals 3, imbricate, free; petals 3, imbricate, free; staminode a low annular ring at base of pistil; pistil 1, large; ovules 1; style indistinct; stigmas 3. <b>Fruits</b> drupes, ovoid, less than 4 cm diam.; exocarp orange, thin, smooth; mesocarp fleshy, oily; endocarp thick, bony, irregularly folded into seed, with 3 basal germination pores. <b>Seeds</b> irregular with hollow cavity; endosperm homogeneous; embryo basal; eophyll undivided, lanceolate.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;West Indies (Lesser Antilles);South America. |discussion=<p>Species 32 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Syagrus |authority=Martius |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Arecaceae |distribution=North America;West Indies (Lesser Antilles);South America. |reference=None |publication title=Palm. Fam. |publication year=1824 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_487.xml |subfamily=Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae |tribe=Arecaceae tribe Cocoeae |subtribe=Arecaceae (tribe Cocoeae) subtribe Butiinae |genus=Syagrus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Arecaceae (tribe Cocoeae) subtribe Butiinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Arecaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Syagrus.