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Cryosophila williamsii
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{{PalmSpeciesHeader}} __NOTOC__ <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-5 columns"> [[File:Cryosophila_williamsii.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''Cryosophila williamsii'']] </div> <div class="small-0 large-7 columns"> ===Synonymy:=== ''C. albida'' ===Common Names:=== Rootspine Palm<br/> ===Habitat:=== Open forest of central America. Usually in limestone areas. ===Description:=== A medium sized fan palm, with very distinctive "spines" (actually roots) coming from the lower trunk. The undersides of the leaves are silvery in colour. ===General:=== A very attractive palm which should be grown more often ===Culture:=== Moist, well drained, semi-shaded area in the tropics/sub-tropics. Since they come from limestone areas, they like an alkaline soil. </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Cryosophila_williamsii02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''C. williamsii'' in Paradeniya.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Cryosophila_williamsii03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''C. williamsii'' inflorescence.]] </div> </div> ===Contributed by: === Rolf Kyburz,<br/> ''''' (Figure 1)<br/>''''' Christopher King (Figure 2&3)<br/> ===External Links:=== [https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Cryosophila%20williamsii Kew], [https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/e44ac128-aa29-4a4e-a0a5-b09e960246f4 PalmWeb], [https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/30366/0 IUCN], [https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Cryosophila+williamsii JSTOR], [https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Cryosophila+williamsii Trebrown] </p> [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Cryosophila+williamsii%22&num=10&sa=Google+Search Google], [https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Cryosophila+williamsii%22&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Cryosophila+williamsii Flickr], [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Cryosophila+williamsii%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&sa=Google+Search PalmTalk] <p> [[Category:Cryosophila|williamsii]] [[Category:Palm|Cryosophila_williamsii]]
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