Ptychosperma

Ptychosperma
Ptychosperma elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Arecales
Family:Arecaceae
Subtribe:Ptychospermatinae
Genus:Ptychosperma
Labill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Seaforthia R.Br.
  • Actinophloeus (Becc.) Becc.
  • Romanowia Sander ex André
  • Strongylocaryum Burret

Ptychosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).[1][2]

It contains the following species:[1]

  1. Ptychosperma ambiguum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea
  2. Ptychosperma buabe Essig – Papua New Guinea
  3. Ptychosperma burretianum Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands
  4. Ptychosperma caryotoides Ridl. – Papua New Guinea
  5. Ptychosperma cuneatum (Burret) Burret – New Guinea
  6. Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic
  7. Ptychosperma furcatum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea
  8. Ptychosperma gracile Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago
  9. Ptychosperma halmaherense Heatubun – Maluku
  10. Ptychosperma hartmannii Becc. – New Guinea
  11. Ptychosperma lauterbachii Becc. – Papua New Guinea
  12. Ptychosperma lineare (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea
  13. Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. – New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
  14. Ptychosperma macrocerum Becc. – New Guinea
  15. Ptychosperma mambare (F.M.Bailey) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea
  16. Ptychosperma microcarpum (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea
  17. Ptychosperma mooreanum Essig – New Guinea
  18. Ptychosperma nicolai (Sander ex André) Burret – New Guinea
  19. Ptychosperma praemorsum Becc. – New Guinea
  20. Ptychosperma propinquum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Aru Islands, Salawati Island, Kai Islands
  21. Ptychosperma pullenii Essig – Papua New Guinea
  22. Ptychosperma ramosissimum Essig – Louisiade Archipelago
  23. Ptychosperma rosselense Essig – Papua New Guinea
  24. Ptychosperma salomonense Burret – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  25. Ptychosperma sanderianum Ridl. – Papua New Guinea
  26. Ptychosperma schefferi Becc. ex Martelli – New Guinea
  27. Ptychosperma streimannii Essig – Papua New Guinea
  28. Ptychosperma tagulense Essig – Louisiade Archipelago
  29. Ptychosperma vestitum Essig – Papua New Guinea
  30. Ptychosperma waitianum Essig – Papua New Guinea

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.


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