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Dictyosperma album var. conjugatum H.E.Moore & J.Guého
Gentes Herb. 12(1): 15. 1980
Family: ARECACEAE

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Dictyosperma album var. conjugatum H.E.Moore & J.Guého
Gentes Herb. 12(1): 15. 1980

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Dictyosperma album (Bory) Scheff.
Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 1: 157 (1876)
Synonymy: 15 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Dictyosperma album var. aureum Balf.f. in J.G.Baker
Fl. Mauritius 384 (1877)
Synonymy: 3
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Dictyosperma album group

  • Dictyosperma album (Bory) Scheff.: has crownshafts which tend to be green or grey-white, but also yellow or brown. This is the largest and fastest growing of the varieties.
  • Dictyosperma album var. aureum Balf.f. in J.G.Baker: has crownshaft that tends to be white. Distribution: Mauritius. Distribution: Rodrigues Island.
  • Dictyosperma album var. conjugatum H.E.Moore & J.Guého: has crownshaft that tends to be yellow. Distribution: Mauritius.
  • Dictyosperma album var. furfuraceum Becc.: is similar in size to D. album var. rubrum but the leaf tips remain joined even in mature fronds. The leaflets are also more of a velvety blue green colour. Distribution: Round Island.
  • Dictyosperma album var. rubrum (H.Wendl. & Drude) L.H.Bailey: same as var. album but with a reddish brown crownshaft, bronze coloured emergent leaves and red leaf edges. The stem measures 20 cm in diameter at waist height and the fronds measure 1.8 m long.

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