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HELP IDENTIFY THESE MYSTERY DYPSIS
Edit: This article was created in 2008. It is an interesting reference to look back and see where the mysteries surrounding Dypsis were at one point and compare things to as they are today as you read this. For this reason, we will keep it here as a curiousity for your enjoyment.
Anyone who knows Dypsis knows we have a lot of mystery surrounding the IDs of many of these wonderful Palms from Madagascar. The many previous discussions, opinions, and photos of these unsolved mysteries are now a hodgepodge of scattered information, hard to find and research. In an attempt to provide a central and easily accessible "clearing house" for Mystery Dypsis IDs, Palmpedia is providing this area.
Each palm in question will have it's own page with the latest updated collective knowledge pertaining to it's ID. Each page will have a typical forum discussion page (Click the Discussion Tab) tied to this main reference page. Any shared knowledge, opinions, or new pics gained from any forum discussions will be integrated back into the main reference. In this way, the latest opinions, information, and pics about each mystery palm will always be easily accessible and contained in one major article.
If this format proves useful and accepted, we can add some of the other mysteries, and hopefully gain more knowledge of this confusing genus.
Please help me correct any glaring errors you may see. There is quite a bit of information and conflicting opinions presented.
MYSTERY DYPSIS WITH POSSIBLE BINOMIALS
Possible AKAs:
- 'OCWS'
- 'Big Curly'
- 'Mony Mony'
- Dypsis canaliculata
- Dypsis sp. 'kanabe'
- Dypsis sp. 'Maria's stumpy'
- Dypsis sp. 'Maria's mystery'
- Dypsis robusta
- Dypsis sp. 'betafaka'
MYSTERY DYPSIS WITH NO BINOMIALS AS YET
Possible AKAs:
- Dypsis tsaratanenensis
Possible AKAs:
- Dypsis sp. 'bef'
- Dypsis onilahensis
- Dypsis sp. 'Mtn Type B'
- Dypsis brevinodis
Possible AKAs:
- Dypsis sohanafensis
- Dypsis tokoravina
"SOLVED" MYSTERIES --- Sometimes Creating Others
Possible AKAs:
- Dypsis nauseosa
- Dypsis ceracea
- Dypsis sp. 'orange crush'
Confirmed AKA:
- Dypsis manajarensis
Possible AKAs:
- Dypsis malcomberi