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''Lytocaryum'' is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to Brazil where 4 species are known.〔(Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families )〕 Palms once classified as ''Microcoelum'' are herein included; the genus is closely related to ''Syagrus'', from which it is differentiated only by abundant tomentum, strongly versatile anthers, and slight epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp differences.〔Uhl, Natalie W. and Dransfield, John (1987) ''Genera Palmarum - A classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore''. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. ISBN 0-935868-30-5 / ISBN 978-0-935868-30-2〕 The name is Greek for "loose" and "nut".〔Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) ''An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms''. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6〕 Species accepted:〔 #''Lytocaryum hoehnei'' (Burret) Toledo - São Paulo #''Lytocaryum insigne'' (Rob.) Toledo - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro #''Lytocaryum itapebiense'' Noblick & Lorenzi - Bahia #''Lytocaryum weddellianum'' (H.Wendl.) Toledo - Rio de Janeiro ==Description== Both species are solitary trunked, closely ringed and retain leaf sheaths at the top of the stem. The trunks reach 15 cm in diameter to 4.5 m in height, but are usually just half that in cultivation. The spherical leaf crown consists of numerous pinnate leaves to 75 cm long on hairy, 30 cm petioles. The pinnae are 12 cm long, closely and regularly arranged along the rachis, in the same plane, green on top with gray, glaucous undersides.〔 The inflorescence is interfoliar and once branched, covered in brown hair, with unisexual flowers of both sexes. The female flowers are twice as big as the male's, both with three sepals and three petals.〔 The fruit is globose to ellipsoidal, pink to red, with one seed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lytocaryum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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