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]
| Plectocomia | |
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| Plectocomia elongata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Calamoideae |
| Tribe: | Calameae |
| Genus: | Plectocomia Mart. & Blume |
Species
editThe 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
- 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
References
edit- ^ 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.
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