Palm life form and species found in the main ecosystems of the 3 Guianas (savannahs, herbaceous swampy savannahs, forests) are described and listed respectively.
Stems are erect, creeping, climbing or suterranean, and palms are solitary or clustered. Leaf blades are entire, irregularly or regularly divided into pinnae which are regularly disposed in one plane or clustered or oriented in several directions from the rachis.
All these characters are considered in relation to habitat. Small, clustered palms with entires or divides leaves predominate in shady understory. (lire la suite…)