VMS -- Botany (f38r) V-Shaped Palm Leaf

["Dana F. Scott" <dfscott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At first glance one might not have thought that there were many palms
with V-Shaped leaves similar to what is seen in f38r, but in fact there
are quite a few. The main problem with the identification of this plant
as a palm may be the flowers. What look something like the shape of
commas in the VMS drawing might be a representation of the plant fruit
(ref. the Palm Fruit example below). If it turns out that this plant is
Pelagodoxa henryana then I would suspect that the identification would
cause quite a stir, since Pelagodoxa is an very rare palm.

Photo:

Asterogyne martiana:
http://www.palmplantations.com.au/photos/De07.jpg
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/asterogyne_martianus.htm


Palm Fruit:
http://www.dipbot.unict.it/Palms/morfol08.html

Salacca magnifica:
http://www.palmsoftheworld.com/salamag.htm

Iguanura wallichiana:
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/iguanura_wallichiana.htm

Bactris militaris:
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/bactris_militaris.htm

Balaka streptostachys:
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/balaka_streptostachys.htm

Marojejya darianii:
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/marojejya_darianii.htm

Chamaedorea:
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/chamaedorea_geonomiformis.htm

http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/chamaedorea_metallica.htm
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/chamaedorea_ernesti-augustii.htm

Pelagodoxa henryana: (will need to page down in the first URL listed
here)
http://thrinax.com/Galerie3.html
http://www.ntbg.org/palmwalk10.html
http://www.palmsoftheworld.com/pela.htm
http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/biologie/b_online/library/palms/pelagodoxa_henryana.htm

Regards,
Dana Scott