Ce que tu trouves sous le nom de
Licuala elegans est du
Licuala peltata var sumawongii , une grossière erreur de nomenclature propagée par certains commerçants et ouvrages peu sérieux.
Voici ce que disait John Dransfield à l'époque sur le palmtalk à ce sujet afin de t'expliquer :
"This is quite a straightforward one. Blume described Licuala elegans, a dwarf palm from Sumatra, way back in the mid 19th Century. On balance we think this is probably a synonym of Licuala pumila, again a dwarf palm from west Java, no more than about 50 cm tall. When Watana Sumawong first introduced his wonderful form of Licuala peltata with an entire leaf, it was quickly named informally Licuala elegans, since when I and other taxonomists have repeatedly pointed out that this name is completley inappropriate and incorerct for this Thai palm. It was not until Saw Leng Guan came along and provided a proper validated name that we had a name to use - Licuala peltata var. sumawongii. As far as I know, there are no photos of the real Licuala elegans - in any case it is probably Licuala pumila. So anything you see with a huge entire leaf named Licuala elegans is not, repeat not, and for one more time, not Licuala elegans, but Licuala peltata var. sumawongii. By the way, taxonomists had absolutely nothing to do with the naming of the Thai palm as Licuala elegans. I do not know who was responsible, but it may well have been Watana Sumawong himself. It is sometimes quite frustrating the way these incorrect names continue to persist in usage
I hope this clears up the problem for once and for all!
John "
Voilà il est clair à ce sujet , le
Licuala elegans est bien une petite espèce endémique de Sumatra et serait peut être du
Licuala pumila quant au
Licuala elegans que tu trouves sur le marché c'est du
Licuala peltata var. sumawongii.
A croire tu vois que la nomenclature c'est aussi parfois important et heureusement que le code international de la nomenclature existe ^^
