Ponapea

Ponapea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Subtribe: Ptychospermatinae[1]
Genus: Ponapea
Type species
Ponapea ledermanniana Becc.

Ponapea is a genus of palms which is native to certain islands in the western Pacific. The genus consists of four species, and has often been considered to be part of the genus Ptychosperma. Three of the species are endemic to the Caroline Islands, the fourth to the Bismarck Archipelago.[2]

  1. Ponapea hentyi (Essig) C.Lewis & Zona - New Britain
  2. Ponapea hosinoi Kaneh. - Pohnpei
  3. Ponapea ledermanniana Becc. - Caroline Islands
  4. Ponapea palauensis Kaneh. - Palau

References

  1. ↑ Dransfield, John; Natalie W. Uhl; Conny B. Asmussen; William J. Baker; Madeline M. Harley; Carl E. Lewis (2005). "A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family, Arecaceae". Kew Bulletin. 60 (4): 559–69. JSTOR 25070242.
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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