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Genera and species
Laccosperma (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) Drude
Nomenclature
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Family: ArecaceaeSubfamily: Calamoideae
Genus:
Laccosperma (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) Drude
Page number:
Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 35: 632. (1877)
SUMMARY
The genus Laccosperma is composed of six species. It consists of pleonanthic, hermaphroditic, spiny palms; most often with high-climbing, clustered stems and pinnate leaves, the latter with a cirrus emerging from the rachis apex. The combination of hermaphroditic flowers and armed leaf sheaths observed in Laccosperma is unique among African rattans.