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Wallichia

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Wallichia as described by A. P. de Candolle is now Eriolaena.

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[1]
  • Harina Buch.-Ham.
  • Wrightea Roxb.
  • Asraoa J.Joseph

Wallichia is a genus of eight species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.[2] In 2016, it was proposed that its species should be included within the genus Arenga,[3] but as of April 2024 this was not accepted by Plants of the World Online.[2]

Species

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The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China.[1][4][5][6][7]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Wallichia caryotoides Roxb. Bangladesh, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand
Wallichia disticha T.Anderson Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
Wallichia gracilis Becc. China: Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam
Wallichia lidiae A.J.Hend Bago region of Myanmar
Wallichia marianneae Hodel Thailand
Wallichia nana Griff Bangladesh, 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

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b "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.
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