Astelia sect. Palaeastelia Skottsb.

Birch, Joanne L., 2015, A revision of infrageneric classification in Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R. Br. (Asteliaceae), PhytoKeys 52, pp. 105-132 : 109

Astelia sect. Palaeastelia Skottsb.

Astelia sect. Palaeastelia Skottsb., Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. ser. 3, 14(2): 24. 1934.

Note.

Open growth form; leaves linear; large inflorescences bearing many flowers; staminate flowers with intermediate length filaments (1.7-4.6 mm); pistillate flowers with short outer tepals (2.3-4.4 mm); ovary unilocular, intermediate length (3.2-4.2 mm); fruit ovoid, many seeds per fruit (<20); seed intermediate length and narrow (2.4-2.9 × 1.2-1.3 mm). Type: Astelia hemichrysa (Lam.) Kunth.

Included species and distribution.

Mascarene Islands, Réunion Island. Astelia hemichrysa (Lam.) Kunth

Habitat.

Tropical forest.