Clinosperma

Clinosperma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Clinosperma
Becc., 1920
Synonyms[1]

Brongniartikentia Becc.
Lavoixia H.E.Moore

Clinosperma is a palm tree genus in the family Arecaceae.

The genus has 4 known species, all endemic to the Island of New Caledonia, in the Melanesia bioregion of the southwestern Pacific Ocean.[1][2] Its closest relative is Cyphokentia,[3] also endemic to New Caledonia, and sole other genus of subtribe Clinospermatinae.

Species

See also

  • Endemic flora of New Caledonia

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. 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.
  • "Clinosperma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).


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