I read somewhere that relatively speaking palm species are inherently rare, in part because their seeds tend not to be easily dispersed (with exceptions obviously!). And habitat destruction of course has exacerbated that, in this case and others. I've always felt part of the attraction of palms was this intrinsic "specialness," geographically-speaking, on top of the fact that they stand out so much morphologically.
Hello Darren, I haven never really thought about palms being "inherently rare" - but for many species that's likely a point. But I agree they are special! Thanks for your input.
I read somewhere that relatively speaking palm species are inherently rare, in part because their seeds tend not to be easily dispersed (with exceptions obviously!). And habitat destruction of course has exacerbated that, in this case and others. I've always felt part of the attraction of palms was this intrinsic "specialness," geographically-speaking, on top of the fact that they stand out so much morphologically.
Hello Darren, I haven never really thought about palms being "inherently rare" - but for many species that's likely a point. But I agree they are special! Thanks for your input.
Yeah of course it's all relative...but it's a reason I associate palms with islands, not just ON islands but AS islands :-)