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A systematic histological study of palm fruits. VIII. Subtribe Dypsidinae (Arecaceae)

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Analysis of the pericarp structure in the four genera of the palm subtribe Dypsidinae reveals tissues similar to those in other taxa within the pseudomonomerous Indo-Pacific arecoid palms, but generally in unspecialized configurations consistent with their presumed basal position within this group. Unique tissues within some members of genus Dypsis include thin-walled, tannin-filled fibers around the vascular bundles. Large-fruited members of the presumably related genera Lemurophoenix, Masoala, and Marojejya show more distinctive arrangements of protective tissues and are quite different from one another. Only Marojejya appears to be closely related to Dypsis. Lemurophoenix and Masoala, by possession of both unsheathed vascular bundles and bundles with heavy fibrous sheaths, show possible affinities with genera well-removed from Dypsis.

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I am grateful to the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and in particular Dr. Bill Baker, for supplying most of the preserved fruit material for this study. Some additional material was obtained from the herbarium of the L. H. Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University. I thank also Dr. John Dransfield of Kew and Natalie Uhl, in addition to Bill Baker, for encouragement to undertake this study in the first place, and for ongoing encouragement and recognition of the importance of anatomical data in palm systematics. Finally, I thank two anonymous reviewers.

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Essig, F.B. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. VIII. Subtribe Dypsidinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 60, 82–92 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-008-9013-4

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