Harmsiopanax [SEP] parent taxon
Harmsiopanax
Harmsiopanax is a genus of woody, monocarpic flowering plants of a palmlike habit belonging to the family Araliaceae. It comprises 3 species, of which the most important is the gigantic "Harmsiopanax ingens".(q.v.)
References.
- Philipson W.R., "A revision of Harmsiopanax (Araliaceae)", "Blumea" 21 (1973) 81-86.
Harmsiopanax ingens
Harmsiopanax ingens is a spiny, palmlike mesocaul tree endemic to the montane rainforests of central New Guinea which bears a terminal rosette of meter-wide peltate leaves on equally long petioles. It ultimately attains a height of eighteen meters, at which point it bears a huge panicle of flowers five meters high and equally wide; the largest above ground inflorescence of any dicot plant (although "Caloncoba flagelliflora" (Achariaceae; of West Africa) and "Ficus geocarpa" (Moraceae; of the Malay Peninsula) and "