- cir****ferential leaf base
formation present on some
species of palm is
called a
crownshaft. The leaf
bases of some
pinnate leaved palms (most
notable being Roystonea...
- the
Portuguese word "renda,"
meaning income.
Because of its
bright red
crownshafts and leaf sheaths,
Cyrtostachys renda has
become a po****r ornamental...
-
regularly or
irregularly pinnate, bifid, or
entire with
pinnate ribs;
crownshafts are
present in some
members and
absent in others. Monoecious, dioecious...
- needed] Flowering:
White flowers stalk that
comes from the base of the
crownshaft. Foliage:
Variance of
greenish colors; deep
green to
light green colors...
-
other species of palms, and in
particular the
color of its
upper trunk /
crownshaft changes depending on
altitude (varying
between red and orange). The people...
- is
threatened by
habitat loss. It is a
solitary palm with a
distinct crownshaft, and
bears uni****ual
flowers of both ****es. With the
Rhopalostylis palms...
- "seed" and the
epithet is
Latin for "white", the
common color of the
crownshaft at the top of the trunk. The
ringed trunks are
solitary at 15 cm in diameter...
-
Odoardo Beccari (1843-1920).
Palms in this
group have
solitary trunks.
Crownshafts are not
present in the genus; the
leaves are pinnate, to 2–5 m long....
-
endemic to New Caledonia.
Young plant in
Florida "Watermelon"
colored crownshaft and
trunk with
distinct leaf scar
rings Colored new
foliage Unripe Fruit...
- Two
Roystonea regia specimens. The
characteristic crownshaft and apex shoot, or 'spear', are visible....
