Basselinia iterata

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SUB CATEGORY PALMS OF NEW CALEDONIA

Locaction: West Side of Mount Panié, New Caledonia.

Basselinia
(bas-seh-LIN-ee-uh)
iterata (it-'-RAHT-ah)

New Caledonia. Photo by Giles Pierson, edric.

Scientific Classification

Genus:	Basselinia (bas-seh-LIN-ee-uh)
Species:	iterata (it-'-RAHT-ah)

Synonyms

None set.

Native Continent

Oceania

Morphology

Habit:	Solitary
Leaf type:	Pinnate

Culture

Survivability index

Common names

None.

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Habitat and Distribution

This species is located in the northeast of the mainland on the eastern slopes of the Ignambi (above Diahoué), and on the western slopes of Mount Panié. habitat In the undergrowth of the rainforest. Substrate: On ground more or less deep on sedimentary substrate (shale or mica).A single ridge between Mt. Colnett, and Mt. Ignambi, in north-east New Caledonia, where it is found in low forest, or in exposed situations.

Description

Small solitary palm of 7 to 8 m high with a diam. 8 cm; trunk topped with leaf scars visible but not prominent. Slender, emergent, feather palm to about 10 m tall. It has a noticeably reddish-brown inflorescence. Leaves about 6 per crown, 1.5 m long, erect and spreading, with a petiole 10-45 cm long, scaly dark below; sheath 60 cm long, olive green with dark scales outside, green inside; penne about 16 on each side of the spine. Phenology (flower) 1-5 inflorescences stiff and spreading, cortes, from 35 to 40 x 45 cm well-branched, densely pubescent recuvertes a red-brown. fruits Fruit ovoid, 10 mm in dia., Black? at maturity, with prominent stigmatic residue in the lateral position towards the middle. Editing by edric.

Culture

Very few known in cultivation.

Comments and Curiosities

External Links

References

All information, translated from the French, edric.

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos, edric.

Special thanks to palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos, edric.

IMAGE GALLERY
Private Garden, New Caledonia.	Private Garden, New Caledonia.	Mt. Ignambi, New Caledonia.	New Caledonia. Photo by Giles Pierson, edric.
Locaction: West Side of Mount Panié, New Caledonia.	Locaction: West Side of Mount Panié, New Caledonia.	Locaction: West Side of Mount Panié, New Caledonia.