Vonitra is a valid genus of African palms, family Arecaceae, first described by Odoardo Beccari in 1878.[1] Species occur in Madagascar[2] and previously have been placed in the genus Dypsis; the type species is Vonitra fibrosa.

Vonitra
Vonitra crinita
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Genus: Vonitra
Becc. (1906)

Species

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Plants of the World Online currently (July 2024) includes:[2]

  1. Vonitra antanambensis (Beentje) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker
  2. Vonitra crinita Jum. & H.Perrier
  3. Vonitra dransfieldii (Beentje) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker
  4. Vonitra fibrosa (C.H.Wright) Becc.
  5. Vonitra moorei (Beentje) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker
  6. Vonitra nossibensis (Becc.) H.Perrier
  7. Vonitra perrieri (Jum.) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker
  8. Vonitra pusilla (Beentje) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker
  9. Vonitra utilis Jum.

References

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  1. ^ Beccari O (1906) Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 87: 18.
  2. ^ a b Plants of the World Online: Vonitra Becc. (retrieved 23 July 2024)
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