Rhopaloblaste

Genus of palms

Rhopaloblaste
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Genus: Rhopaloblaste
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Synonyms[1]
  • Ptychoraphis Becc.

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

It contains the following species:[1]

  • Rhopaloblaste augusta (Kurz) H.E.Moore - Nicobar Islands, Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore, the Moluccas, New Guinea & the Solomon Islands
  • Rhopaloblaste ceramica (Miq.) Burret - New Guinea, Maluku
  • Rhopaloblaste elegans H.E.Moore - Solomon Islands
  • Rhopaloblaste gideonii Banka - New Ireland
  • Rhopaloblaste ledermanniana Becc. - New Guinea
  • Rhopaloblaste singaporensis (Becc.) Hook.f. - Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.
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Arecaceae genera
Baker & Dransfield (2016) taxonomy
Calamoideae
Eugeissoneae
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Sabaleae
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Areceae
Taxon identifiers
Rhopaloblaste


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