Beccariophoenix

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Cocoseae
Subtribus: Attaleinae
Genus: Beccariophoenix
Species: B. alfredii – B. fenestralis – B. madagascariensis
Name

Beccariophoenix Jum. & H.Perrier, Ann. Fac. Sci. Marseille 23: 35 (1915)

Type species: Beccariophoenix madagascariensis Jum. & H.Perrier, Ann. Fac. Sci. Marseille 23: 35 (1915)

References

Jumelle, H.L. & Perrier de la Bâthie, H. 1915. Annales de la Faculte des Sciences de Marseille 23(2): 34.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Beccariophoenix in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Beccariophoenix. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 3 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Beccariophoenix. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 3.
IUCN link: Beccariophoenix threatened species

Beccariophoenix is a genus of three species of Arecaceae (palms), native to Madagascar. The genus is closely related to the Cocos, or coconut genus, and notably Beccariophoenix alfredii is similar in appearance to the coconut palm. It was named after Odoardo Beccari (1843-1920).
Description

Palms in this group have solitary trunks. Crownshafts are not present in the genus; the leaves are pinnate, to 2–5 m long. The term "windowpane" palm comes from the leaflets on younger plants that are only partially divided from each other, where there appear to be 'windows' in the leaves between the leaflets. Older specimens do not display the windowpanes as the leaflets completely divide from each other.

They are somewhat cold hardy, down to about -3 °C, making them a good look-alike for the coconut in cooler climates.
Species

Image	Name	Common name	Distribution
	Beccariophoenix alfredii Rakotoarin., Ranariv. & J.Dransf.	high plateau coconut palm	Madagascar
	Beccariophoenix madagascariensis Jum. & H.Perrier	coastal beccariophoenix	Madagascar.
	Beccariophoenix fenestralis J. Dransfield & M. Rakotoarinivo	"giant windowpane palm"[1]	Madagas

The 'windows' palm was originally classified as a variant of B. madagascariensis,[2][3] but was given its own name in June 2014.[1]
References

J. Dransfield, M. Rakotoarinivo. 2014. Beccariophoenix fenestralis. Palms, International Palms Society, 58(2), June 2014
Shapcott, A., Rakotoarinivo, M., Smith, R. J., Lysakova, G., Fay, M. F., & Dransfield, J. (2007). Can we bring Madagascar's critically endangered palms back from the brink? Genetics, ecology and conservation of the critically endangered palm Beccariophoenix madagascariensis. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154 (4): 589-608 full text Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro; Ranarivelo, Tianjanahary; Dransfield, John (2007). "A new species of Beccariophoenix from the High Plateau of Madagascar" (PDF). Palms. 51 (2): 63–75. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22.