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Palm taxonomy update - 1 new species, 3 new genera, Adonidia - monotypic again

sarasota alex

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A couple of years ago Adonidia stopped being a monotypic genus. In addition to Adonidia merrillii, a new palm species was described and added to the genus - Adonidia maturbongsii. Well, based on the most recent release of the continuing research into sub-tribe Ptychospermatinae in Kew Bulletin by Heatubun, Zona and Baker - it's Manjekia maturbongsii.

Ptychosperma halmaherense (discovered in 2011) is now a Jailoloa halmaherense.

On Gag Island in Southern Indonesia, a brand new palm was discovered recently. It's now known as Wallaceodoxa raja-ampat.

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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Uh-oh, more names to learn - difficult ones. Three new genera?

Thanks for the update, Alex

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Mandrew968 Grand Master

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Wow, Alex is deep as a tick! good stuff--thanks! Kinda weird that Adonidia is montypic... wasn't it DNA that got maturbongsii put with Adonidia? I mean, they look nothing alike--one is a supermodel and the other...

Mandrew968 Grand Master

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Seriously, I can find zero information, save the technical description on palmweb.org. Alex, where did you hear this? I would love to read more on this and SEE PICTURES OF THESE NEW PALMS!

realarch Grand Master

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Thanks for the info guys, I had heard rumblings of a new development in the Ptychospermatinae subtribe, as well as some new discoveries. Looking forward to hearing more.

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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sarasota alex

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Seriously, I can find zero information, save the technical description on palmweb.org. Alex, where did you hear this? I would love to read more on this and SEE PICTURES OF THESE NEW PALMS!

Andrew, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-014-9525-x is the main article. I usually periodically scan publications to see if anything new is published on Arecaceae.

Images of Jailoloa halmaherense could also be found in this Palms article from 2011 https://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2011/vol55n4p183-189.pdf where it was originally described as a Ptychosperma halmaherense

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Wow, Alex is deep as a tick! good stuff--thanks! Kinda weird that Adonidia is montypic... wasn't it DNA that got maturbongsii put with Adonidia? I mean, they look nothing alike--one is a supermodel and the other...

They were shown to be on the same branch, and the continued analysis has refined that picture

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Mandrew968 Grand Master

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Seriously, I can find zero information, save the technical description on palmweb.org. Alex, where did you hear this? I would love to read more on this and SEE PICTURES OF THESE NEW PALMS!

Andrew, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-014-9525-x is the main article. I usually periodically scan publications to see if anything new is published on Arecaceae.

Images of Jailoloa halmaherense could also be found in this Palms article from 2011 https://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2011/vol55n4p183-189.pdf where it was originally described as a Ptychosperma halmaherense

Thanks--How could I forget that palm?! I remember it so clearly that it's hard to believe it was years ago that I read it!

doranakandawatta Grand Master

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Wallaceodoxa:

The stem of this palm is used for flooring and the fruit is chewed as a substitute for betel nut

it must be good!

I need some plants !

who can show pictures of Wallaceodoxa raja-ampat?

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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Bill Baker, botanist at Kew, seems to have posted a photo of Wallaceodoxa on his Twitter feed. scroll down and click on the picture on the relevant tweet. It's definitely a showy tree!

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

doranakandawatta Grand Master

doranakandawatta

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from Bill Baker's twitter:

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It's definitely a showy tree!

Are the seeds fallen from the tree? I want some!

Thank you Michael.

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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mnorell

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Yes, wouldn't we all like a few seeds off of that tree! And how could that have gone unnoticed for so long? It's practically screaming, "look at me!"

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

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For those who just got the new Palms issue - there is an article on the Gag Island expedition which talks about Wallaceodoxa, described in the article as "undescribed Ptychospermatinae"

Mandrew968 Grand Master

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Alex, I will see it soon but it's not been delivered yet. I did however buy the article-couldn't wait! Thanks again for the heads up.

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