Palmeria (plant)

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Palmeria
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Palmeria racemosa
near Tamborine Mountain
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Palmeria
F.Muell. [1]
Type species
Palmeria scandens
F. Muell.
Synonyms [1]

Palmera T.Post & Kuntze orth. var.

Palmeria is a genus of about 17 species of flowering plants in the family Monimiaceae mostly native to Australia and New Guinea. One species ( Palmeria arfakiana ) is also native to Sulawesi and the Bismarck Archipelago. Plants in the genus Palmeria are woody climbers or climbing shrubs with usually 7 to 15 flowers, the flowers either male or female.

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Description

Plants in the genus Palmeria are dioecious woody climbers or climbing shrubs. Its leaves are sometimes have wavy edges, and are papery to thinly leather-like. The flowers are borne in racemes or panicles in leaf axils usually with 7 to 15 flowers (sometimes up to 40 flowers), covered with star-shaped hairs. Male flowers are cup-shaped to flattened hemispheres with 4 to 7 tepals and many stamens. Female flowers are spherical or urn-shaped with about 5 tepals usually with 5 to 10 carpels and a linear stigma. The perianth is fleshy, and splits to reveal a sessile drupe. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

The genus Palmeria was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae and the first species he described (the type species) was Palmeria scandens . [4] The genus name (Palmeria) is in honor of Sir James F. Palmer. [5]

Species list

The following species of Palmeria are accepted by Plants of the World Online as at April 2024: [6]

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<i>Palmeria racemosa</i> Species of plant in the family Monimiaceae

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References

  1. 1 2 "Palmeria". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  2. Whiffin, Trevor P.; Foreman, Donald B. "Palmeria". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. Harden, Gwen J. "Genus Palmeria". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. "Palmeria". APNI. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 4. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 151–152. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  6. "Palmeria". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 May 2024.