| Neonicholsonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Euterpeae |
| Genus: | Neonicholsonia Dammer |
| Species: | N. watsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Neonicholsonia watsonii | |
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Neonicholsonia is amonotypicgenus offlowering plant in thepalm family native toCentral America (Honduras,Nicaragua,Costa Rica,Panama).[2][3][4][5][6] The sole species isNeonicholsonia watsonii. The genus and species names honorGeorge Nicholson, a former curator of theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew and his successorWilliam Watson.[7]
The trunk is solitary and acaulescent or barely emergent, producing 1.5 mleaves, pinnately cleft, with a gentle arch. The leaves are carried on short petioles, the leaflets grow to 30 cm, elliptical, and colored emerald green, and are widely and regularly arranged along the rachis. Theinflorescence is a solitary, interfoliar spike with a long, slender peduncle, carrying male and femaleflowers. Thefruit is ellipsoidal, black when ripe, with one globoseseed.[7]
Found in therainforests fromNicaragua toPanama from sea level to 250 m.[8]
