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Metroxylon

Index Metroxylon

Metroxylon is a genus of monoecious flowering plants in the Arecaceae (palm) family, consisting of seven species. [1]

44 relations: Anton Heimerl, Arecaceae, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Christen Friis Rottbøll, Christmas tree, Chuuk State, Fiji, Flowering plant, Fruit, Genus, Hapaxanth, Hermann Wendland, Inflorescence, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Leaf, Malay Peninsula, Maluku Islands, McClatchey, Metroxylon amicarum, Metroxylon paulcoxii, Metroxylon sagu, Metroxylon vitiense, Metroxylon warburgii, Monocarpic, New Guinea, Odoardo Beccari, Otto Warburg (botanist), Petiole (botany), Pinnation, Plant reproductive morphology, Pohnpei, Rachis, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Seed, Seismometer, Solomon Islands, Species, Steck, Thailand, Trunk (botany), Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.

Anton Heimerl

Anton Heimerl (15 February 1857, Budapest - 4 March 1943) was an Austrian botanist.

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Arecaceae

The Arecaceae are a botanical family of perennial trees, climbers, shrubs, and acaules commonly known as palm trees (owing to historical usage, the family is alternatively called Palmae).

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Bismarck Archipelago

The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea.

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Caroline Islands

The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea.

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Christen Friis Rottbøll

Christen Friis Rottbøll (born 3 March 1727 at Hørbygård, Denmark – died 15 June 1797 in Copenhagen) was a Danish physician and botanist: He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus.

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Christmas tree

A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as spruce, pine, or fir or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.

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Chuuk State

Chuuk State (also known as Truk) is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

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Fiji

Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Hapaxanth

A hapaxanth is a plant species whose individuals flower only once in their lifetimes and die subsequently.

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Hermann Wendland

Hermann Wendland (1825 in Herrenhausen – 1903) was a German botanist and gardener.

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Inflorescence

An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.

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Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula (Tanah Melayu, تانه ملايو; คาบสมุทรมลายู,, မလေး ကျွန်းဆွယ်, 马来半岛 / 馬來半島) is a peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands or the Moluccas are an archipelago within Banda Sea, Indonesia.

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McClatchey

McClatchey is a surname.

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Metroxylon amicarum

Metroxylon amicarum (amicarium Latin – 'of friends' also known as the Caroline ivory-nut palm) is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, endemic to the Caroline Islands. It was named for the Friendly Islands, now Tonga, from where it was first thought to have descended. It is the only species in the Metroxylon genus which is not hapaxanthic.

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Metroxylon paulcoxii

Metroxylon paulcoxii is a species of palm endemic to Samoa.

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Metroxylon sagu

Metroxylon sagu, the true sago palm, is a species of palm in the genus Metroxylon, native to tropical southeastern Asia, namely Indonesia (western New Guinea, and the Moluccas), Papua New Guinea, Malaysia (both Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak) and possibly also the Philippines (though may have been introduced there).

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Metroxylon vitiense

Metroxylon vitiense (vitiense - originating in Fiji, also known as the Fiji sago palm) is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, endemic to the islands of Fiji (hence its specific name vitiense, "of Viti", meaning Fiji in Fijian), Ovalau, and Vanua Levu in Fiji.

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Metroxylon warburgii

Metroxylon warburgii commonly called the natangura palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

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Monocarpic

Monocarpic plants are those that flower, set seeds and then die.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Odoardo Beccari

Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian naturalist perhaps best known for discovering the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878.

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Otto Warburg (botanist)

Otto Warburg (20 July 1859 – 10 January 1938), was a German-Jewish botanist.

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Petiole (botany)

In botany, the petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.

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Pinnation

Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis.

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Plant reproductive morphology

Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction.

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Pohnpei

Pohnpei "upon (pohn) a stone altar (pei)" (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension) is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group.

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Rachis

Rachis is a biological term for a main axis or "shaft" (from the Greek ράχις, backbone, spine).

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Samoa

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa (Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa; Sāmoa) and, until 4 July 1997, known as Western Samoa, is a unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions.

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Santa Cruz Islands

The Santa Cruz Islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.

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Seed

A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering.

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Seismometer

A seismometer is an instrument that measures motion of the ground, caused by, for example, an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, or the use of explosives.

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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Steck

Steck is a surname.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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Trunk (botany)

In botany, the trunk (or bole) is the stem and main wooden axis of a tree, which is an important feature in tree identification, and which often differs markedly from the bottom of the trunk to the top, depending on the species.

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Vanuatu

Vanuatu (or; Bislama, French), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (République de Vanuatu, Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is a Pacific island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (Wallis-et-Futuna or Territoire des îles Wallis-et-Futuna, Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: Uvea mo Futuna), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast, Samoa to the east, and Tokelau to the northeast.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroxylon

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