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Linospadix monostachyos

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Walking stick palm
Walking stick palm in fruit, Nymboi-Binderay National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Linospadix
Species:
L. monostachyos
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

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  1. ^ a b 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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