Arenga

Arenga
Arenga pinnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Arecales
Family:Arecaceae
Tribe:Caryoteae
Genus:Arenga
Labill. ex DC.
Synonyms[1]
  • Saguerus Steck
  • Gomutus Corrêa
  • Blancoa Blume 1843, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1840
  • Didymosperma H.Wendl. & Drude ex Hook.f.

Arenga is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia.[1][2] They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2–12 m long.[3][4] Arenga palms can grow in areas with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.[5]

Species
  1. Arenga australasica (H.Wendl. & Drude) S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore – Queensland
  2. Arenga brevipes Becc. – Sumatra, Borneo
  3. Arenga caudata (Lour.) H.E.Moore – Guangxi, Hainan, Indochina
  4. Arenga distincta Mogea – Borneo
  5. Arenga engleri Becc. – Taiwan
  6. Arenga hastata (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  7. Arenga hookeriana (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia
  8. Arenga listeri Becc. – Christmas Island
  9. Arenga longicarpa C.F.Wei – Guangdong
  10. Arenga longipes Mogea – Sumatra
  11. Arenga micrantha C.F.Wei – Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
  12. Arenga microcarpa Becc. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung – Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory of Australia
  13. Arenga mindorensis Becc. – Mindoro
  14. Arenga obtusifolia Mart.- Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java
  15. Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr. – Assam, Indochina, Philippines, Sulawesi; naturalized in southern China, Benin, Maluku, New Guinea, Hawaii
  16. Arenga plicata Mogea – Sumatra
  17. Arenga porphyrocarpa (Blume ex Mart.) H.E.Moore – Java, Sumatra
  18. Arenga retroflorescens H.E.Moore & Meijer – Sabah
  19. Arenga ryukyuensis A.J.Hend – Ryukyu Islands
  20. Arenga talamauensis Mogea – Sumatra
  21. Arenga tremula (Blanco) Becc. – Philippines
  22. Arenga undulatifolia Becc. – Borneo, Palawan, Sulawesi
  23. Arenga westerhoutii Griff. – southern China, Indochina, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan
  24. Arenga wightii Griff. – India

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 151, 桄榔属 guang lang shu, Arenga Labillardière, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 2: 162. 1800.
  3. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1–223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ↑ Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1–197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
  5. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS115545511820110718


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