Wallichia

Wallichia
Wallichia densiflora
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Harina Buch.-Ham.
  • Wrightea Roxb.
  • Asraoa J.Joseph

Wallichia is a genus of eight species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. In 2016, it was proposed that its species should be included within the genus Arenga, but as of April 2024 this was not accepted by Plants of the World Online.

Species

The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China.

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Wallichia caryotoides Roxb.Bangladesh, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand
Wallichia disticha T.AndersonBangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
Wallichia gracilis Becc.China: Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam
Wallichia lidiae A.J.HendBago region of Myanmar
Wallichia marianneae HodelThailand
Wallichia nana GriffBangladesh, 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. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 "Wallichia Roxb." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  3. ↑ Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2): 207–233. doi:10.1111/boj.12401.
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 152, 瓦理棕属 wa li zong shu, Wallichia Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 3: 91. 1820.
  6. ↑ Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
  7. ↑ Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.