Laccospadix
genus of plants
Laccospadix is a monotypic genus—i.e. a genus that contains only one species—in the palm family Arecaceae. The sole described species is Laccospadix australasicus, commonly called Atherton palm or mountain mist palm, which is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Description
Laccospadix australasicus is a small feather-leaved palm that may be solitary or clustering, in the former the trunks will grow to around 10 cm (3.9 in) diameter while clustering plants are closer to 5 cm (2.0 in). The trunks may be dark green to almost black at the base, lightening with age, and conspicuously ringed by leaf scars. They will reach up to 8 m (26 ft) in height while the suckering varieties grow to about 3.5 m (11 ft). They have six to eight pinnate leaves emerging erect with a slight arch, reaching up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) long. The leaflets are long and narrow with pointed tips, glossy green above and paler underneath, and they reach up to 40 cm (16 in) long by 4 cm (1.6 in) wide.
The inflorescence is an unbranched spike up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long, emerging from within the leaf crown. It carries both pistillate (functionally female) and staminate (functionally male) flowers, both with three petals and three sepals.
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