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Table 16. Hapaxanthy in the Palmae (adapted from Uhl & Dransfield, 1987)
Sub-Family Genus No. of spp. No. of hapaxanthic spp.
Coryphoideae Corypha 8 8
Nannorrhops 1 1
Calamoideae Daemonorops 116 1 (D. calicarpa)
Eleiodoxa 1 1
Eugeissona 6 6
Korthalsia 26 26
Laccosperma 5 5
Metroxylon 6 5
Myrialepis 1 1
Plectocomia 16 16
Raphia 28 28
Salacca 15 1 (S. secunda)
Arecoideae Arenga 22 17
Caryota 12 12
Wallichia 7 7
5.4 THE AFRICAN GENERA
5.4.1 Laccosperma
Laccosperma is clearly hapaxanthic and has long been recorded in the literature as
such (Mann & Wendland, 1864; Wright, 1902; Ridley, 1907; Beccari 1910;
Hutchinson, 1934; Gineis, 1960; Tomlinson, 1962; Tuley, 1965; Corner, 1966; Moore,
1971; Dransfield, 1976; Dransfield, 1978; Uhl & Dransfield, 1987; Tucker, 1991;
Dransfield, 1992; Tuley, 1995; Sunderland, 1998; Sunderland, 1999b). After
flowering, although the flowering stem itself dies, the individual clump continues to
produce vegetative growth. From long-term field observations in the Campo Faunal
Reserve in Cameroon, between 1995-99, it appears that at least one stem from each
clump produces flowers and fruits each year (author pers. obs.).
5.4.2 Eremospatha
Despite being noted as hapaxanthic by Tomlinson (1962b), all species of Eremospatha
are pleonanthic and the inflorescences are produced laterally, some distance from the
stem apex.
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