Biology:Drymophloeus

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Short description: Genus of palms

Drymophloeus
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Drymophloeus oliviformis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Subtribe: Ptychospermatinae
Genus: Drymophloeus
Zipp.
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleospadix Becc.
  • Saguaster Kuntze
  • Rehderophoenix Burret

Drymophloeus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to New Guinea and nearby islands in Samoa and Maluku.[1][2]

It contains the following species:[1]

  • Drymophloeus litigiosus (Becc.) H.E.Moore - New Guinea, Maluku
  • Drymophloeus oliviformis (Giseke) Mart. - New Guinea, Maluku
  • Drymophloeus whitmeeanus Becc. - Samoa
formerly included
  • Drymophloeus lepidotus H.E.Moore = Veitchia lepidota (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
  • Drymophloeus subdistichus (H.E.Moore) H.E.Moore = Veitchia subdisticha (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Wikidata ☰ Q2716173 entry