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]
Species
The genus 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
(synonym P. khasyana Griff. – Assam) - Plectocomia himalayana Griff. – Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand
- 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
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Andrew Henderson (2009). Palms of Southern Asia. Princeton University Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-691-13449-9.
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
