Pigafetta

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Calamoideae
Tribus: Calameae
Subtribus: Pigafettinae
Genus: Pigafetta
Species: P. elata – P. filaris
Name

Pigafetta (Blume) Becc., 1877
References

Beccari, O., 1877. Malesia 1: 89 (1877), nom. cons.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Pigafetta in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pigafetta. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 12 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Pigafetta in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 12.
Tropicos.org 2018. Pigafetta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 12.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pigafetta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Pigafetta is a genus of two palm species in the family Arecaceae.[1]

They are native to the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and New Guinea[2] where they grow near rivers and in forest clearings up to 900 m in elevation. It is named for Antonio Pigafetta and is sometimes misspelled as Pigafettia. Thought to contain only one species, in 1994 it was recognized to have two; P. elata and P. filaris,[2] both of which are among the fastest growing palms.
Description

These dioecious palms have green, solitary trunks with widely spaced leaf scar rings. The trunks grow to 45 cm in diameter and 35 m in height; the leaf crown is hemispherical, or nearly so, with 6 m pinnate leaves on robust, 2 m petioles. Petioles are armed with 6 cm spines, gold or gray in color. Inflorescences emerge from within the leaf crown, to 2 m in length, and resemble those in Mauritia. The fruit ripens to a yellow-orange drupe, covered in scales and containing one seed.
References

"Pigafetta". Palmpedia.net.
Plants of the World Online: Pigafetta (Blume) Becc. (retrieved 30 March 2020)