Acoelorraphe wrightii

(Grisebach & H. Wendland) H. Wendland ex Beccari

Webbia 2: 109. 1907.

Common names: Paurotis palm palmier des Everglades
IllustratedConservation concern
Basionym: Copernicia wrightii Grisebach & H. Wendland in A. H. R. Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub., 220. 1866
Synonyms: Acoelorraphe arborescens (Sargent) Beccari Acoelorraphe pinetorum Bartlett Paurotis androsana O. F. Cook Paurotis arborescens (Sargent) O. F. Cook Paurotis wrightii (Grisebach & H. Wendland) Britton.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22. Treatment on page 103.
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Stems multiple, brown, to 7 m, covered in tardily deciduous leaf-bases. Leaves: petiole strongly (rarely weakly) armed; hastula present on adaxial surface. Inflorescences exceeding leaves, appearing secund because of pendulous rachillae, 15–22 cm, orange in fruit. Fruits ripening from green through orange to black, globose, 7.5–8.5 mm diam. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Thin, rocky soil over limestone in hydric hammocks, wet savannas, and swamps of Everglades
Elevation: 0-10m

Distribution

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Fla., se Mexico, West Indies (Bahamas), West Indies (Cuba), Central America, n South America (Colombia-Isla de Providencia)

Discussion

Little is known about this palm in its natural habitats. In Florida, it occurs in the Everglades National Park and is categorized as threatened by the state of Florida. Like Serenoa repens, Acoelorraphe is tolerant of occasional burning. It is probably bee-pollinated, and the seeds are dispersed by birds (G. Galeano-Garcés 1986).

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"ripening" is not a number.

... more about "Acoelorraphe wrightii"
acute +  and acuminate +
latrorse-introrse +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
Scott Zona +
(Grisebach & H. Wendland) H. Wendland ex Beccari +
Copernicia wrightii +
Paurotis palm +  and palmier des Everglades +
Fla. +, se Mexico +, West Indies (Bahamas) +, West Indies (Cuba) +, Central America +  and n South America (Colombia-Isla de Providencia) +
membranaceous +
lanceolate +
acuminate +
in clusters +  and singly +
adnate +, connate +  and distinct +
2 +  and 3 +
berrylike +  and drupaceous +
apical +  and basal +
globose +
Thin, rocky soil over limestone in hydric hammocks, wet savannas, and swamps of Everglades +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
2-pinnate +  and pinnate +
2-keeled +  and tubular +
triangular +
ridged +, channeled +  and terete +
Flowering spring–summer. +
v--shaped +  and tent--shaped +
germination +
adventitious +
adhering to endocarp +  and free +
globose +
bearing prickles +  and unarmed +
lanceolate +
Illustrated +  and Conservation concern +
covered with fibrous or prickly remains +  and smooth +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
subterranean +
smooth;fissured +
slender +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (700 cm7,000 mm <br />7 m <br />) +
filiform +
Acoelorraphe arborescens +, Acoelorraphe pinetorum +, Paurotis androsana +, Paurotis arborescens +  and Paurotis wrightii +
Acoelorraphe wrightii +
Acoelorraphe +
species +
unbranched +  and branched +
unisexual +  and bisexual +