Ptychosperma
| Ptychosperma | |
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| Ptychosperma elegans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Ptychospermatinae |
| Genus: | Ptychosperma Labill. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ptychosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).[1][2]
Species[]
It contains the following species:[1]
- (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea
- Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands
- Ridl. – Papua New Guinea
- (Burret) Burret – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic
- (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma gracile Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago
- Ptychosperma halmaherense Heatubun – Maluku → Jailoloa halmaherensis
- Becc. – New Guinea
- Becc. – Papua New Guinea
- (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. – New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
- Becc. – New Guinea
- (F.M.Bailey) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea
- (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea
- Essig – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma nicolai (Sander ex André) Burret – New Guinea
- Becc. – New Guinea
- (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Aru Islands, Salawati Island, Kai Islands
- Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Essig – Louisiade Archipelago
- Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Burret – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Ridl. – Papua New Guinea
- Becc. ex Martelli – New Guinea
- Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Essig – Louisiade Archipelago
- Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Essig – Papua New Guinea
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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