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Howea belmoreana (Curly Palm)

Synonyms: Grisebachia belmoreana (homotypic); Howeia belmoreana; Kentia belmoreana (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Howea belmoreana, the curly palm, kentia palm, or Belmore sentry palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. It and Howea forsteriana probably evolved from a common ancestor through sympatric speciation. The canopy of a mature kentia palm tree spreads 5–10 ft (2–3 m) in diameter and contains roughly 36 leaves. H. belmoreana has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
View Wikipedia Record: Howea belmoreana

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Howea belmoreana

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Structure [3]  Tree
Height [2]  39 feet (12 m)
Fruit Color [2]  Red

Predators

Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[4]
Ischnaspis longirostris (black line scale)[4]
Pinnaspis buxi (bamboo mussel-scale)[4]
Rhizoecus falcifer (ground mealybug)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0