Dypsis

Dypsis
Dypsis rivularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Subtribe: Dypsidinae
Genus: Dypsis
Noronha ex Mart., 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • Drypsis Duch.
  • Phloga Noronha ex Hook.f.
  • Dypsidium Baill.
  • Haplodypsis Baill.
  • Haplophloga Baill.
  • Neophloga Baill.
  • Trichodypsis Baill.
  • Adelodypsis Becc.
  • Antongilia Jum.

Dypsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. They are slender, evergreen palms with yellow flowers carried in panicles amongst the pinnate leaves. Many Dypsis species have aerial branching (above the main trunk), a rare growth habit among palms.[2] Some have marcescent leaves that remain attached after death and trap litter for nutrients.[3] Several species previously placed here have been returned to the restored genera Chrysalidocarpus (including the type species Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) and Vonitra.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference wcsp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Forestry Department (1995). "Introduction". Tropical Palms. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Bramwell, David; Caujapé-Castells, Juli (2011-07-21). The Biology of Island Floras. Cambridge University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-139-49780-0.