ArecaceaeSubfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Areceae
Subfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Caryoteae
Subfamily Ceroxyloideae
Tribe Hyophorbeae
Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Corypheae
Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Phoeniceae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Dypsis decaryi (Jumelle) H. Beentje & J. Dransfield
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Triangle Palm
- Family: Arecaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Madagascar
- Habitat: open fields to rainforest at a range of elevations
- Description: [syn. Neodypsis decaryi]
Globally Endangered Species Restricted to a narrow zone (20 km wide) between the humid rain forest of the southeast and the dry spiny forest of the soutwest of Madagascar. Important keystone species that provides food for animals during the dry season. Leaves are harvested by people for thatching, and fruits are eaten and sold. Overharvesting contributes to the endangerment of the species.
Restrictions:- Endangered Species
- CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 199400005
- Source: Ratsirarson - Seed - '93?
- Accession Date: 05-16-1994
- Bench: 1106 - 1100 - S Ground Bed
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Arecales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Arecaceae
- SubFamily: Arecoideae
- Tribe: Areceae
- SubTribe: Dypsidinae
References:Adapted from Ratsirarson, Silander & Richard, 1966, Cons. Biol. 10(1):40-52.
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