Plectocomia

Plectocomia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.[1] Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.[2] It contains the following known species:[3][4]

  • Plectocomia assamica Griff. - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar
  • Plectocomia billitonensis Becc. - Belitung
  • Plectocomia bractealis Becc. - Assam
  • Plectocomia dransfieldiana Madulid - Perak
  • Plectocomia elmeri Becc. - Palawan, Mindanao
  • Plectocomia elongata Mart. ex Blume - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
  • Plectocomia himalayana Griff. - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand
  • Plectocomia khasyana Griff. - Assam
  • Plectocomia longistigma Madulid - Java
  • Plectocomia lorzingii Madulid - Sumatra
  • Plectocomia macrostachya Kurz - Myanmar
  • Plectocomia microstachys Burret - Hainan
  • Plectocomia mulleri Blume - Borneo, Malaysia
  • Plectocomia pierreana Becc. - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
  • Plectocomia pygmaea Madulid - Kalimantan
P. himalayana stems are cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Bhutan

Plectocomia
Plectocomia elongata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Calamoideae
Tribe: Calameae
Genus: Plectocomia
Mart. & Blume

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-691-13449-9.
  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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