Livistona rotundifolia

(Lamarck) Martius in C. F. P. von Martius et al.

in C. F. P. von Martius et al.,Historia Naturalis Palmarum 3: 241, plate 102. 1838.

Common names: Footstool palm
Introduced
Basionym: Corypha rotundifolia Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 2: 131. 1786
Synonyms: Saribus rotundifolia (Lamarck) Blume
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22. Treatment on page 102.

Leaves: segment apices stiff. Inflorescences dividing into 3 main axes, each axis bearing up to 4 orders of branching. Fruits globose, ripening from green through orange to black. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Disturbed hammocks and mesic woods
Elevation: 0–10 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., native to Malay Peninsula, Java

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Livistona rotundifolia"
dorsifixed +  and basifixed +
Scott Zona +
(Lamarck) Martius in C. F. P. von Martius et al. +
Corypha rotundifolia +
costapalmate +  and palmate +
3-lobed +  and cupulate +
Footstool palm +
Fla. +, native to Malay Peninsula +  and Java +
0–10 m +
lanceolate +
adnate +, connate +  and distinct +
staminate +  and pistillate +
adnate +, connate +  and distinct +
berrylike +  and drupaceous +
green through orange;black +
apical +  and basal +
globose +
Disturbed hammocks and mesic woods +
branched +  and spicate +
2-pinnate +  and pinnate +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
connate +  and distinct +
bearing prickles or marginal teeth +  and unarmed +
ridged +, channeled +  and terete +
Flowering spring–summer. +
v--shaped +  and tent--shaped +
germination +
membranaceous +
in C. F. P. von Martius et al.,Historia Naturalis Palmarum +
adventitious +
adhering to endocarp +  and free +
ellipsoid +  and globose +
bearing prickles +  and unarmed +
lanceolate +
connate +  and distinct +
persistent +
Introduced +
covered with fibrous or prickly remains +  and smooth +
subterranean +
covered with persistent petiole bases , ringed conspicuously or obscurely with leaf-scars +  and bare +
slender +
slender +
Saribus rotundifolia +
Livistona rotundifolia +
Livistona +
species +
unbranched +  and branched +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
small +  and large +