Clinosperma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
Tribe: | Areceae |
Subtribe: | Clinospermatinae |
Genus: | Clinosperma Becc., 1920 |
Synonyms | |
Brongniartikentia Becc. |
Clinosperma is a palm tree genus in the family Arecaceae.
The genus has 4 known species, all endemic to the Island of New Caledonia, in the Melanesia bioregion of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Its closest relative is Cyphokentia, also endemic to New Caledonia, and the sole other genus of the subtribe Clinospermatinae.
Species
- Clinosperma bractealis (Brongn.) Becc., Palme Nuova Caledonia: 52 (1920).
- Clinosperma lanuginosa (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 69 (2008).
- Clinosperma macrocarpa (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 70 (2008).
- Clinosperma vaginata (Brongn.) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 70 (2008).
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Baker, W. J., M. V. Norup, J. J. Clarkson, T. L. P. Couvreur, J. L. Dowe, C. E. Lewis, J. C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M. W. Chase. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships among Arecoid Palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108 (8): 1417–32.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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