Linospadix monostachyos

Walking stick palm
Walking Stick Palm in fruit, Nymboi-Binderay National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Linospadix
Binomial name
Linospadix monostachyos
(C.Mart.) H.Wendl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Areca monostachya Mart
  • Bacularia monostachya (Mart.) F.Muell.
  • Kentia monostachya (Mart.) F.Muell.

Linospadix monostachyos known as the walking stick palm is a small palm growing in rainforest understorey in Queensland and New South Wales.[1][2][3]

Walking stick palm in flower, Nightcap National Park, Australia

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Dowe, J.L. (2010). Australian palms: biogeography, ecology and systematics: 1-290. CSIRO Publishing.


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