Licuala Wurmb

Genus

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae

Characteristics

Small (not in Australia) to large, solitary or clustered, acaulescent (not in Australia) to emergent, pleonanthic, bisexual or rarely dioecious palms. Leaves few to numerous, palmate; sheath fibrous; petiole adaxially channelled near base, frequently toothed on margins; adaxial hastula present; leaf blade entire (not in Australia) or split to base along abaxial ribs; segments single to multiple-fold, reduplicate, cuneate and truncate, broadest at apex, briefly split along abaxial folds and with longer splits along adaxial folds. Inflorescence interfoliar, spicate (not in Australia) or paniculate and branched to 3 orders; prophyll tubular; peduncular bracts similar but smaller; rachillae glabrous, scaly or hairy (not in Australia). Flowers bisexual or functionally unisexual, solitary, in pairs or sympodial clusters of 3 or 4, sessile (not in Australia) or pedicellate; calyx tubular; corolla much longer than calyx, tubular, with 3 triangular lobes; stamens 6; filaments united basally in a ring. Fruit variously shaped; mesocarp fleshy or mealy (not in Australia); endocarp crustaceous or woody (not in Australia). Seed basally attached.
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Stems solitary or clustered, usually rather small, sometimes short and subterranean. Leaves 5-28, palmate; leaf sheaths open and fibrous on margins; ocreas often present at sheath apex, rarely elongate and conspicuous; petioles normally spiny along margins, sometimes less so or unarmed; hastula present; blades usually strongly folded, circular in outline, split to base into several multi-fold, wedge-shaped segments or rarely undivided; apices of segments truncate, shallowly to deeply lobed, lobes longer on lateral segments; central segment occasionally bifid, central 1-3 segments sometimes borne on petiolules. Plants monoecious or rarely dioecious. Inflorescences borne among leaves and partly covered with swollen, tubular rachis bracts; first order branches 1 to several, each spicate or more often branched to 1 or 2 orders; flowers bisexual with 6 stamens and 3 carpels, stamens or carpels vestigial in dioecious species. Fruits variously colored, usually quite small, globose to ovoid, 1-seeded; endosperm homogeneous; germination remote; eophylls undivided, lanceolate.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Licuala world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326022-2
WFO ID wfo-4000021687
COL ID 8VYWW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446144
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Synonyms

Dammera Pericycla Licuala

Lower taxons

Licuala sarawakensis Licuala aruensis Licuala bellatula Licuala bidentata Licuala bintulensis Licuala borneensis Licuala bracteata Licuala brevicalyx Licuala cordata Licuala corneri Licuala crassiflora Licuala ferruginea Licuala ferruginoides Licuala fordiana Licuala glabra Licuala grandis Licuala hallieriana Licuala insignis Licuala kamarudinii Licuala kemamanensis Licuala khoonmengii Licuala kingiana Licuala klossii Licuala kunstleri Licuala lauterbachii Licuala leptocalyx Licuala longicalycata Licuala longipes Licuala macrantha Licuala magna Licuala malajana Licuala mattanensis Licuala montana Licuala mustapana Licuala oninensis Licuala orbicularis Licuala pachycalyx Licuala pahangensis Licuala paludosa Licuala patens Licuala paucisecta Licuala peekelii Licuala peltata Licuala poonsakii Licuala ridleyana Licuala robinsoniana Licuala robusta Licuala rumphii Licuala sallehana Licuala scortechinii Licuala simplex Licuala spathellifera Licuala spectabilis Licuala spicata Licuala spinosa Licuala steinii Licuala tiomanensis Licuala whitmorei Licuala stongensis Licuala taynguyensis Licuala terengganuensis Licuala mirabilis Licuala acutifida Licuala angustiloba Licuala merguensis Licuala modesta Licuala moyseyi Licuala naumoniensis Licuala olivifera Licuala oliviformis Licuala pulchella Licuala ramsayi Licuala anomala Licuala bissula Licuala elegans Licuala flavida Licuala longispadix Licuala gjellerupii Licuala pusilla Licuala triphylla Licuala penduliflora Licuala platydactyla Licuala polyschista Licuala pumila Licuala punctulata Licuala tanycola Licuala telifera Licuala tenuissima Licuala thoana Licuala leprosa Licuala linearis Licuala micholitzii Licuala micrantha Licuala moszkowskiana Licuala nana Licuala palas Licuala parviflora Licuala reptans Licuala ruthiae Licuala beccariana Licuala acuminata Licuala ahlidurii Licuala bacularia Licuala bayana Licuala cabalionii Licuala cameronensis Licuala celebica Licuala concinna Licuala lanata Licuala lanuginosa Licuala debilis Licuala egregia Licuala flexuosa Licuala fractiflexa Licuala graminifolia Licuala ellipsoidalis Licuala averyanovii Licuala bachmaensis Licuala adscendens Licuala urciflora Licuala dakrongensis Licuala bifida Licuala bidoupensis Licuala cattienensis Licuala atroviridis Licuala pitta Licuala atrovirens Licuala bruneiana Licuala burretii Licuala caespitosa Licuala campestris Licuala chaiana Licuala elliptica Licuala exigua Licuala flammula Licuala honbaensis Licuala honheoensis Licuala kuchingensis Licuala lambii Licuala lamdongensis Licuala leopoldii Licuala leucocarpa Licuala maculata Licuala meijeri Licuala miriensis Licuala mukahensis Licuala nuichuaensis Licuala oryzoides Licuala parvula Licuala pseudovalida Licuala rheophytica Licuala naumannii Licuala yiiana Licuala collina Licuala pilosa Licuala sabahana Licuala intermedia Licuala rubiginosa Licuala distans Licuala grandiflora Licuala nauroannii Licuala petiolulata Licuala longiflora Licuala densiflora Licuala radula Licuala stipitata Licuala glaberrima Licuala kiahii