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Revision as of 09:48, 10 January 2013

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Syagrus (SIGH-ah-gruhs) glaucescens (glaw-SES-sens)
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Palm Beach FL.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Syagrus (SIGH-ah-gruhs)
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

Brazil Southeast. Endemic and threatened palm from the rupestrian field of the Espinha�o Range, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Scrubby, rocky areas in the mountains.

Description

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

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), edric.

"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 500m,ONE subterranean trunk), c)Syagrus petraea grows in Minas Gerais on rocky places at 1000m altitude and SOMETIMES CESPITOUS...d)Syagrus pleioclada also grows at the Cadeia de Espinhaço in Minas Gerais, GENERALLY one subterranean trunk." (Alberto Leonardo Barkema), edric.

External Links

References

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.


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

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