Rhopaloblaste

Rhopaloblaste
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Rhopaloblaste
Scheff.
Synonyms[1]

Ptychoraphis Becc.

Rhopaloblaste is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, native to New Guinea, Melanesia and Southeast Asia.[1][2]

It contains the following species:[1]

  1. Rhopaloblaste augusta (Kurz) H.E.Moore - Nicobar Islands
  2. Rhopaloblaste ceramica (Miq.) Burret - New Guinea, Maluku
  3. Rhopaloblaste elegans H.E.Moore - Solomon Islands
  4. Rhopaloblaste gideonii Banka - New Ireland
  5. Rhopaloblaste ledermanniana Becc. - New Guinea
  6. Rhopaloblaste singaporensis (Becc.) Hook.f. - Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia

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.