Chrysalidocarpus

Chrysalidocarpus
Fruit of Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Genus: Chrysalidocarpus
H.Wendl.
Synonyms
  • Macrophloga Becc. (1914)
  • Neodypsis Baill. (1894)
  • Phlogella Baill. (1894)

Chrysalidocarpus is a valid genus of African palms, family Arecaceae, first described by Hermann Wendland in 1878.[1] The native range of species in this genus includes the Comoros, Madagascar and Pemba Islands, but some have been naturalised elsewhere as ornamental plants.[2] Most species previously have been placed in the genus Dypsis, including the type species Chrysalidocarpus lutescens.

  1. ^ Wendland H (1878) Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 117.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).