Phenakospermum | |
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Phenakospermum guyannense at Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Strelitziaceae |
Genus: |
Phenakospermum Endl. |
Species: | P. guyannense
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Binomial name | |
Phenakospermum guyannense | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Musidendron amazonicum (Mart.) Nakai |
Phenakospermum is a monotypic genus in the family Strelitziaceae. Only one species is recognized, Phenakospermum guyannense, native to Suriname, French Guiana and the eastern Amazon River basin. This plant grows to over 10 m (33 ft) in height but can be felled with a single blow with a machete.
Although not as prized as the ornamental Traveler's palm (in the same family), P. guyannense is used locally in Brazil as a landscape element. The broad leaves are used to wrap fish in Benevides, Brazil, especially when Calathea leaves ( Marantaceae) are not available.
Previously, this genus was included in the now exclusively old world genus Ravenala.
Phenakospermum | |
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Phenakospermum guyannense at Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Strelitziaceae |
Genus: |
Phenakospermum Endl. |
Species: | P. guyannense
|
Binomial name | |
Phenakospermum guyannense | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Musidendron amazonicum (Mart.) Nakai |
Phenakospermum is a monotypic genus in the family Strelitziaceae. Only one species is recognized, Phenakospermum guyannense, native to Suriname, French Guiana and the eastern Amazon River basin. This plant grows to over 10 m (33 ft) in height but can be felled with a single blow with a machete.
Although not as prized as the ornamental Traveler's palm (in the same family), P. guyannense is used locally in Brazil as a landscape element. The broad leaves are used to wrap fish in Benevides, Brazil, especially when Calathea leaves ( Marantaceae) are not available.
Previously, this genus was included in the now exclusively old world genus Ravenala.