Chuniophoenix
Genus of palms
| Chuniophoenix | |
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| Chuniophoenix hainanensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Tribe: | Chuniophoeniceae |
| Genus: | Chuniophoenix Burret |
| Type species | |
| Chuniophoenix hainanensis | |
Chuniophoenix is a genus of palm tree named after Chun Woon-Young, then director of the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. It contains three known species, native to southern China and Vietnam.[1][2][3][4][5] Chuniophoenix is a member of tribe Chuniophoeniceae, a small group of palms that exhibit great morphological diversity and interesting biogeography. The tribe includes four genera: Chuniophoenix with 3 species in China and Vietnam, Kerriodoxa (monotypic) in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, Nannorrhops (monotypic) from Arabia to Afghanistan, and Tahina (monotypic) in Madagascar.[5][6]
| Image | Name | Distribution |
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 | Chuniophoenix hainanensis Burret | China: Hainan |
 | Chuniophoenix nana Burret | China: Hainan and northern Vietnam |
| Chuniophoenix suoitienensis Henderson | Southern Vietnam |
References
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- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 4. Springer. p. 361. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 149, 琼棕属 qiong zong shu, Chuniophoenix Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 13: 583. 1937.
- ^ Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
- ^ a b Henderson, A (2015). "A revision of Chuniophoenix (Arecaceae)" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 218 (2): 163–170.
- ^ Dransfield, John; Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro; Baker, William J.; Bayton, Ross P.; Fisher, Jack B.; Horn, James W.; Leroy, Bruno; Metz, Xavier (2008-01-01). "A new Coryphoid palm genus from Madagascar". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (1): 79–91. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00742.x. ISSN 1095-8339.
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Baker & Dransfield (2016) taxonomy
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| Lepidocaryeae | |
| Calameae |
| Sabaleae | |
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| Cryosophileae | |
| Phoeniceae |
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| Trachycarpeae | |
| Chuniophoeniceae |
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| Caryoteae | |
| Corypheae | |
| Borasseae |
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