Plectocomia

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Genus of plants

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::summary Genus of plants ::

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Plectocomia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.

Species

The genus contains the following known species:

  1. Plectocomia assamica - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar
  2. Plectocomia billitonensis - Belitung
  3. Plectocomia bractealis - Assam
  4. Plectocomia dransfieldiana - Perak
  5. Plectocomia elmeri - Palawan, Mindanao
  6. Plectocomia elongata - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines (synonym P. khasyana - Assam)
  7. Plectocomia himalayana - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand
  8. Plectocomia longistigma - Java
  9. Plectocomia lorzingii - Sumatra
  10. Plectocomia macrostachya - Myanmar
  11. Plectocomia microstachys - Hainan
  12. Plectocomia mulleri - Borneo, Malaysia
  13. Plectocomia pierreana - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
  14. Plectocomia pygmaea - Kalimantan

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References

References

  1. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=157807 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  2. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=125865 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 134, 钩叶藤属 gou ye teng shu, ''Plectocomia'' Martius ex Schultes & J. H. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1333. 1830.]
  3. Andrew Henderson. (2009). "Palms of Southern Asia". [[Princeton University Press]].
  4. 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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