Schippia concolor
COMMON NAME | Mountain pimento or
silver pimeto |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | The genus Schippia is
named in honour of William Schipp, an Australian ‘botanical explorer’ who
made many important early collections of the Belizean flora in the 1920’s
& 30’s. Schippia concolor exhibit the unusual strategy of transferring
all stored resources from the seed to the seedling before any shoot growth
occurs. In most plants, the seedling remains attached to the seed, gradually
using the stored resources for growth, until those resources are exhausted.
At that point, the connection withers, detaching the remains of the seed. It
is the sole species in the genus Schippia. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Native to Belize and Guatemala |
NATIVE HABITAT | Scattered in open and
closed dry forest |
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