Cyphokentia

Cyphokentia
Cyphokentia cerifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Subtribe: Clinospermatinae
Genus: Cyphokentia
Brongn.
Synonyms
  • Moratia H.E.Moore

Cyphokentia is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. The genus is named from two Greek words meaning "tumor" and "Kentia", a former palm genus. The genus has two known species. Its closest relative is Clinosperma, also endemic to New Caledonia, and the sole other genus of the subtribe Clinospermatinae.

List of species

References

  1. ↑ Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6
  2. ↑ 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.