Biology:Pelagodoxa

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Short description: Genus of palms

Pelagodoxa
Pelagodoxa henryana 1 (8070951509).jpg
Pelagodoxa henryana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Pelagodoxeae
Genus: Pelagodoxa
Becc. (1917)

Pelagodoxa is a genus of palm tree. It includes two species, P. henryana, which is native to the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, and P. mesocarpa, which is native to Vanuatu.[1][2]

Mature P. mesocarpa fruit

References

  1. J. Dransfield; N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". in Klaus Kubitzki. Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. 4. Springer. p. 369. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA369. 
  2. "Reassessment of Pelagodoxa". Palms 63 (3): 113-146. 2019. https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PALMSv63n3p113-146-Hodel-Pelagodoxa.pdf. Retrieved 28 April 2023. 

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