Ptychosperma elegans

Solitaire palm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Ptychosperma
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Ptychosperma elegans
Synonyms[3]
  • Actinophloeus capitis-yorki (H.Wendl. & Drude) Burret
  • Archontophoenix jardinei F.M.Bailey
  • Archontophoenix veitchii H.Wendl. & Drude
  • Ptychosperma capitis-yorki H.Wendl. & Drude
  • Ptychosperma elegans var. sphaerocarpum Becc.
  • Ptychosperma jardinei (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey
  • Ptychosperma seaforthii Miq.
  • Ptychosperma wendlandianum Burret
  • Ptychosperma wendlandianum var. sphaerocarpum (Becc.) Burret
  • Saguaster capitis-yorki (H.Wendl. & Drude) Kuntze
  • Saguaster elegans (R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Seaforthia elegans R.Br.

Ptychosperma elegans, commonly known as the solitaire palm (or elegant palm after the scientific name), is a very slender palm endemic to Queensland in Australia.[1][3][4] In the nursery trade and in the United States it may be confusingly referred to as Alexander palm, which is an often-used but misnomered name of another Australian palm species Archontophoenix alexandrae, the Alexandra palm (note the difference in gender between the two names).

  1. ^ a b "Species profile—Ptychosperma elegans (solitaire palm)". Environment, Land and Water. Queensland Government. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume". Australian Plant Names Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ^ F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Ptychosperma elegans". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 24 March 2021.