Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart.

Mehmud, Selim & Roy, Himu, 2021, Diversity and distribution of palms (Arecaceae) in Assam, India, Check List 17 (1), pp. 69-93 : 83

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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.1.69

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Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart.
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Diagnostic characters. Stems solitary, erect, 6–9 m tall and 20–30 cm in diameter, grey. Leaf costapalmate, 3–4 m long; petiole 2–2.5 m long, black fibre at base, mar- gin spiny, ca 2 cm long; lamina ca 1.3 m long. Leaflets 90–100 in number, ca 60 cm long, apices bifid, ca 30 cm long, acuminate and dropping. Inflorescence 1.3–1.5 m long; primary branches 6–7 in number, 30–45 cm long; bracts tubular, 20–25 cm long, indumentums brown. Fruits ellipsoid, bluish-green, 2–2.5 cm long.

Flowering and fruiting. March to April and September to October, respectively.

Distribution. Throughout Assam.

Uses. Ornamental.

Material examined. NETHERLANDS ANTILLES • Saba; 17°37′37″N, 063°13′54″W; alt. 380 m; 11 Mar. 2007; S. A. Mori, C. A. Gracie, W. R. Buck, H. Sipman & S. Nielsen leg.; NYBG 00933709 View Materials GoogleMaps . INDIA • Assam, Kam- rup Rural, Rani ; 26°02′49″N, 091°35′21″E; alt. 53 m; 11 Nov. 2017; S. Mehmud leg. GoogleMaps ; CH, ASSAM 96242 View Materials .

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

C

University of Copenhagen

W

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

H

University of Helsinki

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Livistona

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