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Sommieria leucophylla
About
Sommieria is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Guinea where they grow in rain forest understory. The sole species is Sommieria leucophylla. They resemble the Asterogyne palms but are most closely related to those members of Heterospathe with short stems and sparsely branched inlforescences. The name honors Stephen Sommier, European botanist.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Sommieria leucophylla
- Slug
- sommieria-leucophylla
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Sommieria
- Species
- leucophylla
- Wikidata QID
- Q142519
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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