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Ptychosperma macarthurii

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measure up to 18 mm (0.71 in) long and 12 mm (0.47 in) wide, are bright red when ripe and the remains of the stigma is attached at one end. There is a thin layer of flesh around the solitary seed, which is about 12 mm (0.47 in) long with five deep longitudinal grooves.
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is a clumping (multi-stemmed) palm growing to a height of 10 m (33 ft). The slender stems measure up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter and have prominent leaf scars encircling the trunk. They are green in the younger sections of the trunk just below the
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and 3 petals; staminate flowers are 7 mm (0.28 in) long by 4 mm (0.16 in) wide with 23-40 stamens, pistilate flowers measure about 5 mm (0.20 in) and have 3-6
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The leaflets measure up to 56 cm (22 in) in length, are regularly or irregularly arranged (often clustered), with nearly parallel margins and a truncated
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Distribution of this species is mainly clustered in northern Cape York Peninsula, from around Silver Plains (north of
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are up to 45 cm (18 in) long and branched 2 to 3 times. Flowers are grouped in sets of 3, each with one
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There is also a small cluster of populations in the Northern Territory, on the western margins of the
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in the Northern Territory where its distribution is limited, but in Queensland it is listed as
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but without any elaboration on the description. In 1935 that genus was synonymised with
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was originally described from a specimen collected by Thomas Reedy, a "gardener" on the
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The Beagle: Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences
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in the mid-to-late 19th century. Macarthur forwarded the specimen to the
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The outlying populations of this species to the east and southeast of
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Species of palm native to northern Australia and New Guinea
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Kerrigan, Raelee; Cowie, Ian; Liddle, Dave (May 2006).
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whose presence on the expedition was sponsored by Sir
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to name it in honour of Macarthur. Wendland named it
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As of May 2021 it is not listed on the 224:(H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) Becc. ex Raderm. 906:: Discovery, Horticulture and Taxonomy" 603: 490:published a treatment that synonymised 333:The crown consists of between 3 and 13 895: 893: 891: 889: 887: 885: 735: 733: 731: 729: 727: 656: 654: 652: 650: 648: 646: 644: 609: 607: 366:(functionally female) set between two 806: 804: 802: 800: 798: 796: 697: 695: 693: 671:Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants 7: 1150:at the Australian Virtual Herbarium. 711:The Australasian Virtual Herbarium 14: 1605:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1006518-1 344:(leaflets) on either side of the 330:, but may be greyish lower down. 811:Dowe, J.L.; Jones, D.L. (2020). 44: 1664:Flora of the Northern Territory 1486:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:55245-3 955:International Plant Names Index 865:Northern Territory Flora Online 294:. Its native range is northern 272:(H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) Kuntze 553:and into southern New Guinea. 447:the species was classified as 432:, but shortly after, in 1884, 421:described the plant and asked 1: 1040:Northern Territory Government 869:Northern Territory Government 750:Invasive Species Compendium 560:floodplains and the nearby 537:is in honour of Macarthur. 1695: 991:? The taxonomic status of 961:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 628:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 623:Plants of the World Online 478:) as described in 1928 by 403:Chevert Expedition of 1875 486:. However, in 2003 Dixon 449:Actinophloeus macarthurii 221:Actinophloeus macarthurii 201: 194: 168: 161: 41:Scientific classification 39: 30: 23: 1679:Plants described in 1879 1317:Ptychosperma macarthurii 1252:Ptychosperma_macarthurii 1205:Ptychosperma macarthurii 1175:Ptychosperma macarthurii 1109:Ptychosperma macarthurii 1031:Ptychosperma macarthurii 985:Ptychosperma macarthurii 904:Ptychosperma macarthurii 860:Ptychosperma macarthurii 815:Ptychosperma macarthurii 743:Ptychosperma macarthurii 705:Ptychosperma macarthurii 664:Ptychosperma macarthurii 617:Ptychosperma macarthurii 541:Distribution and habitat 524:, meaning "a fold"; and 438:Ptychosperma macarthurii 399:Ptychosperma macarthurii 387:Ptychosperma macarthurii 286:, commonly known as the 283:Ptychosperma macarthurii 261:Ptychosperma julianettii 172:Ptychosperma macarthurii 25:Ptychosperma macarthurii 430:H. Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch 779:. Wiley. p. 361. 547:Princess Charlotte Bay 472:Ptychosperma bleeserii 240:H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch 213:Actinophloeus hospitus 205:Actinophloeus bleeseri 1119:Queensland Government 948:Ptychosperma bleeseri 917:James Cook University 707:| Occurrence records" 677:Australian Government 551:Torres Strait Islands 443:. In a 1909 paper by 269:Saguaster macarthurii 253:Ptychosperma hospitum 245:Ptychosperma bleeseri 514:is derived from the 434:Joseph Dalton Hooker 304:disjunct populations 229:Carpentaria bleeseri 1674:Flora of New Guinea 1669:Flora of Queensland 1144:map of observations 926:on 28 November 2020 900:Dowe, J.L. (2007). 296:Cape York Peninsula 154:P. macarthurii 1659:Palms of Australia 1524:Kentia macarthurii 1070:Cooper, William T. 913:ResearchOnline@JCU 821:Flora of Australia 427:Kentia macarthurii 417:in England, where 308:Northern Territory 237:Kentia macarthurii 1641: 1640: 1455:Open Tree of Life 1167:Taxon identifiers 1107:"Species profile— 755:CAB International 745:(Macarthur palm)" 579:is classified as 453: 442: 431: 407:William Macarthur 302:with a number of 279: 278: 273: 265: 257: 249: 241: 233: 225: 217: 209: 1686: 1634: 1633: 1621: 1620: 1608: 1607: 1595: 1594: 1582: 1581: 1569: 1568: 1556: 1555: 1543: 1542: 1541: 1515: 1514: 1502: 1501: 1489: 1488: 1476: 1475: 1463: 1462: 1450: 1449: 1437: 1436: 1424: 1423: 1411: 1410: 1398: 1397: 1385: 1384: 1372: 1371: 1359: 1358: 1346: 1345: 1333: 1332: 1320: 1319: 1307: 1306: 1294: 1293: 1281: 1280: 1268: 1267: 1255: 1254: 1242: 1241: 1232: 1231: 1219: 1218: 1209: 1208: 1207: 1194: 1193: 1192: 1162: 1130: 1129: 1127: 1125: 1103: 1097: 1096: 1094: 1092: 1065: 1059: 1058: 1056: 1054: 1049:on 15 April 2019 1048: 1042:. 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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Arecales
Arecaceae
Ptychosperma
Binomial name
H.Wendl.
H.J.Veitch
Hook.f.
Synonyms
Arecaceae
Cape York Peninsula
Queensland
disjunct populations
Northern Territory
New Guinea
crownshaft
paripinnate
fronds
pinnae
rachis
tip
inflorescences
pistillate

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