Geonoma ferruginea

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Geonoma (geo-NO-mah)
ferruginea (fehr-roo-jihn-EH-ah)
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2008 Biennial, Costa Rica. Rain Forest Aerial Tram, Braulio Carrillo National Park. Photo by Ryan D. Gallivan, of Searle Brothers Nursery Florida.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Geonoma (geo-NO-mah)
Species:
ferruginea (fehr-roo-jihn-EH-ah)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
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Morphology
Habit: Solitary
Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
None.

Habitat and Distribution

Central America in Guatemala (Izabal), Honduras (Yoro), Nicaragua (Boco, Rio San Juan, Zelaya), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Puntarenas, San Jose), and Panama (Ciriqui);
2008 Biennial, Costa Rica. Rain Forest Aerial Tram, Braulio Carrillo National Park. Photo by Ryan D. Gallivan, of Searle Brothers Nursery Florida.
Premontane to Montane rain forest, at (100-) 700-1400 m elevation. Nicaragua From 12°15-13°47'N and 84°59-85°52'W in Nicaragua at 956 (350-1500) m elevation in lowland to montane tropical rainforest. The species has a disjunct distribution, and occurs in two areas - Nicaragua and Costa Rica, with outlying specimens in Honduras and Guatemala. Within Costa Rica, there is an isolated, lower elevation subgroup from the Sarapiquí valley. Apart from the outliers, there are three subgroups based on geography.There are only three specimens from Honduras and Guatemala -too few for analysis-and these outliers are unplaced for subspecies.(Henderson, A.J. (2011) A revision of Geonoma. Phytotaxa 17: 1-271.)

Description

Stems clustering often caespitose forming lage clumps, 1-4 m tall and 2-2.5 cm in diameter, light brown. Blade 50 to 60 cm long, usually regularly divided into 3 sickle-shaped leaflets per side, occational 10-15 per side, narrow leaflets present, inflorescence borne between the leaves, branched to 1 to 2 orders; peduncle 5-9 cm long; flowering branches 4-13, short and thick, less than 10 cm long and 2-3.5 mm thick, becoming reddish in fruit, pits denesly and spirally arranged; fruits globose, slightly pointed at apex, 6-7 mm in diameter; mature fruit; black. (Henderson, A.J. (2011) A revision of Geonoma. Phytotaxa 17: 1-271.) Editing by edric.

Culture

Comments and Curiosities

There are three sub-species:



External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.

Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).

Henderson, A.J. (2011) A revision of Geonoma. Phytotaxa 17: 1-271.


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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