Metroxylon
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Metroxylon is a genus of monoecious flowering plants in the Arecaceae (palm) family, and commonly called the sago palms consisting of seven species. They are native to Western Samoa, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Moluccas, the Carolines and Fiji in a variety of habitats, and cultivated westward to Thailand and Malaya.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
General: Metroxylon is a robust, single- or multi-stemmed tree palm
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 63
- With media
- 43
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- US, NY, MICH, BPBM, MNHN, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Federated States Of Micronesia, Nouvelle-CaléDonie, Philippines, Iles Samoa, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Extant species
- References
Metroxylon is a genus of monoecious flowering plants in the Arecaceae (palm) family, and commonly called the sago palms consisting of seven species. They are native to Western Samoa, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Moluccas, the Carolines and Fiji in a variety of habitats, and cultivated westward to Thailand and Malaya.
The name is a combination of two Greek words: meaning "womb", commonly translated as "heart" in this context, and meaning "wood", in allusion to the large proportion of pith contained in the plant.
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