Editing Archontophoenix Key


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<b><i>A Key To The Species Of </i>Archontophoenix</b>
Crownshaft dark-green, blue-green, bronze-green, brown or purple
Pinnae with ramenta on abaxial midrib
Pinnae lacking silver/grey scales beneath
Durras Mt (NSW) to Eungella Ra.(QId)
<i><b>A. cunninghamiana</b></i>
Pinnae with silver/grey scales beneath
(Crownshaft purple)
Mts Lewis, Spurgeon and Finnigan (Qld)
<i><b>A. purpurea</b></i>
Pinnae lacking ramenta on abaxial midrib;
(Crownshaft blue-green)
Warrill Creek/Barron River (Qld)
<i><b>A. myolensis</b></i>
Crownshaft lime-green, whitish green or light to mid-green
Leaves usually 3.5 m or more long, 60 or more pinnae each side of rachis;
pinnae usually rigid
Leaves ascending, held rigid, petiole absent or very short
Walsh River and tributaries (Qld)
<i><b>A. maxima</b></i>
Leaves arching, petiole present
Baffle Ck to Bathurst Bay (Qld)
<i><b>A. alexandrae</b></i>
Leaves usually less than 3.5 m long, less than 55 pinnae each side of rachis;
pinnae tending to be semi-pendulous at the apex
Mcllwraith Range to Cape York (QId)
<i><b>A. tuckeri</b></i>
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<b><i>Table Of Differences In Species Of </i>Archontophoenix</b>
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===Contributed by: ===
John Dowe, from <i><b>Palms & Cycads</b></i> No. 39, Apr-Jun 1993.

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