- Pigafetta
taxobox
name = "Pigafetta"
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Monocots
unranked_ordo =Commelinids
ordo =Arecales
familia =Arecaceae
subfamilia =Calamoideae
tribus =Calameae
genus = "Pigafetta"
genus_authority = Adans.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Pigafetta elata "
"Pigafetta filaris "|"Pigafetta" is a
genus of two palmspecies in the familyArecaceae . They are native to theMaluku Islands ,Sulawesi , andWestern New Guinea where they grow nearrivers and inforest clearings up to 900 m in elevation. It is named forAntonio Pigafetta and is sometimes misspelled as "Pigafettia". Thought to contain only one species, in 1994 it was recognized to have two; "P.elata " and "P. filaris ", both of which are among the fastest growing palms.(Dransfield)Description
These
dioecious palms have green, solitary trunks with widely-spacedleaf scar rings. The trunks grow to 45 cm in diameter and 35 m in height; the leaf crown is hemispherical, or nearly so, with 6 mpinnate leaves on robust, 2 m petioles. Petioles are armed with 6 cm spines, gold or gray in color.Inflorescences emerge from within the leaf crown, to 2 m in length, and resemble those in "Mauritia ". Thefruit ripens to a yellow-orangedrupe , covered in scales and containing oneseed .
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