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==Habitat and Distribution==
 
==Habitat and Distribution==
 
''Syagrus glaucescens'' is found in Brazil Southeast. Endemic and threatened palm from the rupestrian field of the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Scrubby, rocky areas in the mountains.
 
''Syagrus glaucescens'' is found in Brazil Southeast. Endemic and threatened palm from the rupestrian field of the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Scrubby, rocky areas in the mountains.
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[[image:Minas_fev_09_061.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.]]
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
A very small palm, for a Syagrus, it has a slender, solitary trunk, with very close rings, which has stiff, glaucous, slightly plumose, upwards pointing leaves that grow in five ranks. Editing by edric.
 
A very small palm, for a Syagrus, it has a slender, solitary trunk, with very close rings, which has stiff, glaucous, slightly plumose, upwards pointing leaves that grow in five ranks. Editing by edric.
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Image:Syagrus glaucesens.JPG|Florida.
 
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image:Syagrus_glaucescens99.jpg|Biribiri State Park - the Espinhaço - Diamantina - Minas Gerais - Brazil. Photo by João Medeiros, edric.
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image:Syagrus_glaucescens99.jpg|Biribiri State Park - the Espinhaço - Diamantina - Minas Gerais - Brazil. Photo by João Medeiros.
image:Syagrus_glaucecens_another_view.JPG|Orange County, California. Photo by Geoff Stein, edric.
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image:Syagrus_glaucecens_another_view.JPG|Orange County, California. Photo by Geoff Stein.
image:Syagrus_glaucecens_leaflets.JPG|Orange County, California. Photo by Geoff Stein, edric.
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image:Syagrus_glaucecens_leaflets.JPG|Orange County, California. Photo by Geoff Stein.
image:Syagrus_glauscecens_leaf.jpg|Orange County, California. Photo by Geoff Stein, edric.
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image:Syagrus_glauscecens_leaf.jpg|Orange County, California. Photo by Geoff Stein.
image:Syagrus_glaucescens_Ralph.jpg|California. Photo by Geoff Stein, edric.
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image:Syagrus_glaucescens_Ralph.jpg|California. Photo by Geoff Stein.
image:Glaucescens02.jpg|Brazil. Photo by Gileno Machado, edric.
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image:Glaucescens02.jpg|Brazil. Photo by Gileno Machado.
image:Glaucescens33.jpg|Brazil. Photo by Emerson Rogrio Salviani, edric.
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image:Glaucescens33.jpg|Brazil. Photo by Emerson Rogrio Salviani.
image:Kelen_2009_550.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares, edric.
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image:Kelen_2009_550.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Kelen_fev_2009_309.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Kelen_fev_2009_313.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Kelen_fev_2009_362.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Minas_fev_09_021.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Minas_fev_09_026.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Minas_fev_09_051.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Minas_fev_09_053.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Minas_fev_09_061.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Minas_fev_09_073.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
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image:Minas_fev_09_093.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
image:Sglaucescens33.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Ed Brown III, edric.
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image:Sglaucescens33.jpg|Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Ed Brown III.
File:post-465-056012500 1288128381.jpg|Cadeia do Espinhaço, near Rio, on the windswept tablelands of Central Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema, edric.
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File:post-465-056012500 1288128381.jpg|Cadeia do Espinhaço, near Rio, on the windswept tablelands of Central Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.
File:post-465-086714600 1288128499.jpg|Cadeia do Espinhaço, near Rio, on the windswept tablelands of Central Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema, edric.
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File:post-465-086714600 1288128499.jpg|Cadeia do Espinhaço, near Rio, on the windswept tablelands of Central Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.
 
File:post-465-0-77961400-1434826639.jpg|Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.
 
File:post-465-0-77961400-1434826639.jpg|Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.
 
File:post-465-0-19303400-1434826741.jpg|Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.
 
File:post-465-0-19303400-1434826741.jpg|Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.
 
File:post-465-0-97074900-1434826795.jpg|Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.
 
File:post-465-0-97074900-1434826795.jpg|Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.
File:1470422296_478ebeeae1_z.jpg|Sygrus glaucescens na Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Coco-de-pedra, edric.
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File:1470422296_478ebeeae1_z.jpg|Sygrus glaucescens na Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Coco-de-pedra.
File:post-649-0-14297400-1380220617.jpg|Vista, CA. Rare ariel branching. Photo by Len, edric.
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File:post-649-0-14297400-1380220617.jpg|Vista, CA. Rare ariel branching. Photo by Len.
 
File:post-4958-0-69258000-1434695072.jpg|La Réunion Island. Photo by Padre.
 
File:post-4958-0-69258000-1434695072.jpg|La Réunion Island. Photo by Padre.
 
File:post-4958-0-50556200-1434695095.jpg|La Réunion Island. Photo by Padre.
 
File:post-4958-0-50556200-1434695095.jpg|La Réunion Island. Photo by Padre.

Revision as of 08:32, 16 May 2016

Syagrus (sih-AHG-ruhs)
glaucescens (glaw-SES-sens)
Minas fev 09 093.jpg
Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Syagrus (sih-AHG-ruhs)
Species:
glaucescens (glaw-SES-sens)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
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Morphology
Habit: Solitary
Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Blue Rock Coconut Palm.

Habitat and Distribution

Syagrus glaucescens is found in Brazil Southeast. Endemic and threatened palm from the rupestrian field of the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Scrubby, rocky areas in the mountains.

Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Kelen Soares.

Description

A very small palm, for a Syagrus, it has a slender, solitary trunk, with very close rings, which has stiff, glaucous, slightly plumose, upwards pointing leaves that grow in five ranks. Editing by edric.

Culture

Sunny, well drained position. Frost and drought tolerant. Good in fairly warm temperate climates.

Comments and Curiosities

"This is the most peculiar of all the Syagrus as it looks nothing like one. It is a very small, extremely slow growing plant (even in its native Brazil) and very old plants reach maybe 4-5' tall and have hundreds or extremely closely spaced leaf scars. The leaflets are also unique in that they are very short and rounded at the ends, in alternate planes (plumose) and very stiff... looks a lot like a cycad. Here in So Cal I have managed to keep one growing in zone 9b, but really it should be a 10a zone plant or warmer. It lives in very harsh, but not too cold, environment in drier areas of Brazil. A well grown plant is a beautiful, but small, lanscape specimen." (Geoff Stein)

"In Minas Gerais at the Cadeia do Espinhaço there grows: a) S.mendanhensis ( subterranean single trunk,so it´s not this one) , Syagrus graminifolia (also grows in Minas Gerais generally at altitudes above 500 m, ONE subterranean trunk)Syagrus petraea grows in Minas Gerais on rocky places at 1000m altitude and SOMETIMES CESPITOUS...Syagrus pleioclada also grows at the Cadeia de Espinhaço in Minas Gerais, GENERALLY one subterranean trunk." (Alberto Leonardo Barkema)

One of the toughest in the genus, S. glaucescens is native to a small region of high altitude rocky landscape in Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil. It forms a slender trunk with a distinctly five-ranked appearance and a neat crown of rigid, slightly plumose but stiffly upward pointing, glaucous leaves. In cultivation it is one of the rarest Syagrus. It will do well in a sunny spot in a warm temperate or cool tropical climate and can handle moderate freezes without any damage. (RPS.com)

External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

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

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

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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