River Palm

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River Palm
(Palmazurea cataracta)
Main image of River Palm
Species is extinct.
15/101, gamma ray burst
Information
CreatorFlisch Other
Week/Generation8/51
HabitatFlisch River, Flisch Lake
Size6 m Tall
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis
RespirationPassive (Stomata, Lenticels)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual Budding, Airborne Spores
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta
Cyanopalmi
Eucyanopalmae
Palmacaerulales
Palmazuraceae
Palmazurea
Palmazurea cataracta
Ancestor:Descendants:

The river palm has adapted to live in rivers. Besides living permanently in the water, it's pretty much the same as its ancestor. To defend itself from stickyballs, which can be attached to a river palm by wingworms, it pumps water into the little pools developed from the segments. When such a pool is full, it will overflow, washing all of the stickyballs off. Even the leaves can be dropped, if they are infected with stickyballs. Because the river palm can reproduce by budding, the dropped leaves can grow a whole new plant somewhere else as soon as the stickyballs are washed off. The river palm can also throw off the two extra trunks at the base to reproduce asexually. The tip of the trunks is filled with air, so that they can cover a bigger distance until they root on their new home.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)