Accession Data:
Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn.
- Common Name: Traveller's Palm
- Family: Strelitziaceae (Schumann) Hutch.
- Country of Origin: N. & E. Madagascar
- Description: Ruffed lemurs are a known pollinator of this plant, and given the size and structure of the inflorescences, as well as the lemur's selectivity, method of feeding, and long muzzle, this relationship is thought to have coevolved.3
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201900229
- Source: Kress Collection, SI#1992032
- Provenance:
Kress# 92-3410 Kress, W. J. Madagascar: 37 km W of Mananjary 27 Feb 1992
- Accession Date: 07-10-2019
- Bench: 1109 - AFR:Ground Bed 1 SW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-18-2022
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Strelitziaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar /
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.
- Image #02 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Tuesday, 16 July, 2019.
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