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Genus of palms
Hyophorbe is a genus of five known species of
flowering plants in the family
Arecaceae , native to the
Mascarene Islands in the
Indian Ocean . All five species can attain heights of over 6 meters, and two of the species develop swollen trunks that have made them popular as ornamentals,
[1]
[2] but all of them are endangered in the wild.
It contains the following species:
[1]
Hyophorbe amaricaulis Mart. –
Mauritius , 1 individual left
Hyophorbe indica Gaertn. (palmiste poison) –
Réunion
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis (L.H.Bailey) H.E.Moore (bottle palm) –
Mauritius
Hyophorbe vaughanii L.H.Bailey –
Mauritius
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii H.Wendl. (palmiste marron) –
Rodrigues Island
Species gallery
Source:
[3]
The last surviving specimen of
Hyophorbe amaricaulis . This species has a slender, unswollen trunk.
Hyophorbe indica is another slender-trunk species, but often with yellow veins along its foliage.
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis is known as the "bottle palm" as it trunks swells from near the base, into a bottle shape.
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii is known as the "spindle palm" as its trunk swells in the middle. It has black fruits and yellow-green foliage.
References
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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Hyophorbe
^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1–223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ C.Lewis, Barboza, N. (2000). ldentity of the Hyophorbe Palms at the Botanical Garden of Cienfuegos, Cuba Palms 44. p.95.