Wallichia
Wallichia was a genus of seven species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Its species are now included within the genus Arenga.[2]
| Wallichia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Wallichia densiflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Tribe: | Caryoteae |
| Genus: | Wallichia Roxb. |
| Type species | |
| Wallichia caryotoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China.[1][3][4][5][6]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Wallichia caryotoides Roxb. | Bangladesh, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand | |
 | Wallichia disticha T.Anderson | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos |
| Wallichia gracilis Becc. | China: Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam | |
| Wallichia lidiae A.J.Hend | Bago region of Myanmar | |
| Wallichia marianneae Hodel | Thailand | |
| Wallichia nana Griff | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam | |
| Wallichia oblongifolia Griff. | Himalayas of northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China: Yunnan |
| Wallichia triandra (J.Joseph) S.K.Basu. | India: Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet | |
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2): 207–233. doi:10.1111/boj.12401.
- Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 152, 瓦理棕属 wa li zong shu, Wallichia Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 3: 91. 1820.
- Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
- Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
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