@article{fdi:010054534, title = {{F}loral structure in the neotropical palms {C}helyocarpus {D}ammer, {C}ryosophila {B}lume and {I}taya {H}. {E}. {M}oore ({A}recaceae)}, author = {{C}astano, {F}. and {C}revecoeur, {M}. and {P}intaud, {J}ean-{C}hristophe and {S}tauffer, {F}. {W}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{F}loral structure in the neotropical palms {C}helyocarpus {D}ammer, {C}ryosophila {B}lume and {I}taya {H}. {E}. {M}oore ({A}recaceae). {C}ondollea 66: 65-79. {I}n {E}nglish, {E}nglish and {F}rench abstracts. {F}loral morphology and anatomy in the neotropical palm genera {C}helyocarpus {D}ammer, {C}ryosophila {B}lume and {I}taya {H}. {E}. {M}oore ({A}recaceae: {C}oryphoideae, {C}ryosophileae) are studied in detail and the implications for the establishment of an alliance formed by the three genera, as suggested by previous researchers, are discussed. {A}ll taxa are characterized by the presence of hermaphrodite flowers, congenitally united imbricate sepals, imbricate petals, carpels basally ascidiate, but apically plicate, and crassinucellar and bitegmic ovules with a funicular aril. {M}ost of these floral character states are also shared with other members of {C}ryosophileae and do not support the establishment of an alliance. {T}he combination of an uniseriate perianth, basally united filaments and a partially syncarpous gynoecium in the endemic {P}eruvian palm {C}helyocarpus repens {F}. {K}ahn & {K}. {M}ejia does not correspond with the diagnostic characters proposed for {C}helyocarpus and is not found elsewhere in {C}ryosophileae.}, keywords = {{ARECACEAE} ; {C}helyocarpus ; {C}ryosophila ; {I}taya ; {N}eotropics ; {M}orphology ; {A}natomy}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{C}andollea}, volume = {66}, numero = {1}, pages = {65--79}, ISSN = {0373-2967}, year = {2011}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010054534}, }