Biology:Wallichia
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Short description: Genus of palms
| Wallichia | |
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| Wallichia densiflora | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Arecales | 
| Family: | Arecaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae | 
| Tribe: | Caryoteae | 
| Genus: | Wallichia Roxb. | 
| Type species | |
| Wallichia caryotoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Wallichia was a genus of seven species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Its species are now included within the genus Arenga.[2]
Species
The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China .[1][3][4][5][6]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution | 
|---|---|---|
| Wallichia caryotoides Roxb. | Bangladesh, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand | |
|  | Wallichia disticha T.Anderson | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos | 
| Wallichia gracilis Becc. | China: Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam | |
| Wallichia lidiae A.J.Hend | Bago region of Myanmar | |
| Wallichia marianneae Hodel | Thailand | |
| Wallichia nana Griff | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam | |
|  | Wallichia oblongifolia Griff. | Himalayas of northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China: Yunnan | 
| Wallichia triandra (J.Joseph) S.K.Basu. | India: Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet | 
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics" (in en). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 182 (2): 207–233. doi:10.1111/boj.12401.
- ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 152, 瓦理棕属 wa li zong shu, Wallichia Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 3: 91. 1820.
- ↑ Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
- ↑ Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
Wikidata ☰ Q135812 entry
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