Cryosophila warscewiczii (H. Wendl.) Bartlett

A fan palm with whitish under-leaf, and one of those used locally to make brooms. Also known as the Silver Star Palm. Photo from Indio Maiz Reserve, southeastern Nicaragua. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html

Fruit of one of the fan palms known as Palma de Escoba, Indio Maiz Reserve, southeastern Nicaragua.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html

These were once used for poison darts. The lower thorns turn into roots, giving it the name of Root-spine Palm. Photo from Indio Maiz Reserve, southeastern Nicaragua.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html

Description: Fruit of one of the fan palms known as Palma de Escoba, Indio Maiz Reserve, southeastern Nicaragua. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html. Date: 25 May 2007, 23:24. Source: Cryosophila warscewiczii, fruit of the Silver Star Palm. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.

Description: English: Location taken: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL USA. Names: Cryosophila warscewiczii (H.Wendl.) Bartlett, Broom Palm, Gen Ci Zong, Guguara Palm, Noli, Palma De Escoba, Root Spine Palm, Rootspine Pal Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Liliopsida > Arecales > Arecaceae > Corypheae > Thrinacinae > Cryosophila > Cryosophila warscewiczii. Date: 16 February 2007. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.

Description: English: Cryosophila warscewiczii in the Botanischer Garten, Berlin-Dahlem. Date: 13 December 2019, 14:42:20. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz.

Description: English: Cryosophila warscewiczii. Date: 28 December 2019. Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/58680800. Author: Andra Waagmeester. Camera location9° 07′ 52.21″ N, 79° 43′ 32.11″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 9.131170; -79.725585. : This media file is part of an observation on iNaturalist:inaturalist.org/observations/37058756This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. : This image was originally posted to iNaturalist by andrawaag at https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/58680800. It was reviewed on 22 July 2020 by iNaturalistReviewBot and found to be published under the terms of the Cc-zero license.

Description: English: Cryosophila warscewiczii in the Botanischer Garten, Berlin-Dahlem. Date: 13 December 2019, 14:42:23. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz.

Description: A fan palm with whitish under-leaf, and one of those used locally to make brooms. Also known as the Silver Star Palm. Photo from Indio Maiz Reserve, southeastern Nicaragua. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html. Date: 25 May 2007, 21:10. Source: Cryosophila warscewiczii, a Palma de Escoba. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.

Description: English: Location taken: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL USA. Names: Cryosophila warscewiczii (H.Wendl.) Bartlett, Broom Palm, Gen Ci Zong, Guguara Palm, Noli, Palma De Escoba, Root Spine Palm, Rootspine Pal Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Liliopsida > Arecales > Arecaceae > Corypheae > Thrinacinae > Cryosophila > Cryosophila warscewiczii. Date: 16 February 2007. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.

Description: English: Location taken: the New York Botanical Garden. Names: Cryosophila warscewiczii (H.Wendl.) Bartlett, Broom Palm, Gen Ci Zong, Guguara Palm, Noli, Palma De Escoba, Root Spine Palm, Rootspine Pal Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Liliopsida > Arecales > Arecaceae > Corypheae > Thrinacinae > Cryosophila > Cryosophila warscewiczii. Date: 30 March 2006. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.

Description: English: Cryosophila warscewiczii in the Botanischer Garten, Berlin-Dahlem. Date: 13 December 2019, 14:42:32. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz.

Description: English: Location taken: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL USA. Names: Cryosophila warscewiczii (H.Wendl.) Bartlett, Broom Palm, Gen Ci Zong, Guguara Palm, Noli, Palma De Escoba, Root Spine Palm, Rootspine Pal Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Liliopsida > Arecales > Arecaceae > Corypheae > Thrinacinae > Cryosophila > Cryosophila warscewiczii. Date: 16 February 2007. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.

Description: English: Location taken: the New York Botanical Garden. Names: Cryosophila warscewiczii (H.Wendl.) Bartlett, Broom Palm, Gen Ci Zong, Guguara Palm, Noli, Palma De Escoba, Root Spine Palm, Rootspine Pal Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Liliopsida > Arecales > Arecaceae > Corypheae > Thrinacinae > Cryosophila > Cryosophila warscewiczii. Date: 30 March 2006. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.

Description: These were once used for poison darts. The lower thorns turn into roots, giving it the name of Root-spine Palm. Photo from Indio Maiz Reserve, southeastern Nicaragua. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html. Date: 25 May 2007, 21:10. Source: Cryosophila warscewiczii, thorns of the Silver Star Palm.. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.

Description: English: Botanical specimen in the Balboa Park Botanical Building, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, USA. Date: 24 February 2013, 18:20:03. Source: Own work. Author: Daderot.

Description: English: Location taken: the New York Botanical Garden. Names: Cryosophila warscewiczii (H.Wendl.) Bartlett, Broom Palm, Gen Ci Zong, Guguara Palm, Noli, Palma De Escoba, Root Spine Palm, Rootspine Pal Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Liliopsida > Arecales > Arecaceae > Corypheae > Thrinacinae > Cryosophila > Cryosophila warscewiczii. Date: 30 March 2006. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.