Wallichia

Genus of palms

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

Wallichia

Wallichia densiflora
Scientific 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[update] 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

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| 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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Arecaceae genera

Baker & Dransfield (2016) taxonomy

Calamoideae|

| Eugeissoneae|

* Eugeissona

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Lepidocaryeae|

* Oncocalamus
* Eremospatha
* Laccosperma
* Raphia
* Lepidocaryum
* Mauritia
* Mauritiella

Calameae|

* Korthalsia
* Eleiodoxa
* Salacca
* Metroxylon
* Pigafetta
* Plectocomia
* Myrialepis
* Plectocomiopsis
* Calamus

Nypoideae|

* Nypa

Coryphoideae|

| Sabaleae|

* Sabal

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Cryosophileae|

* Schippia
* Trithrinax
* Zombia
* Coccothrinax
* Hemithrinax
* Leucothrinax
* Thrinax
* Chelyocarpus
* Cryosophila
* Itaya
* Sabinaria

Phoeniceae|

* Phoenix

Trachycarpeae|

* Chamaerops
* Guihaia
* Trachycarpus
* Rhapidophyllum
* Maxburretia
* Rhapis
* Livistona
* Licuala
* Johannesteijsmannia
* Pholidocarpus
* Saribus
* Lanonia
* Acoelorraphe
* Serenoa
* Brahea
* Colpothrinax
* Copernicia
* Pritchardia
* Washingtonia

Chuniophoeniceae|

* Chuniophoenix
* Kerriodoxa
* Nannorrhops
* Tahina

Caryoteae|

* Caryota
* Arenga

Corypheae|

* Corypha

Borasseae|

* Bismarckia
* Satranala
* Hyphaene
* Medemia
* Latania
* Lodoicea
* Borassodendron
* Borassus

Ceroxyloideae|

* Pseudophoenix
* Ceroxylon
* Juania
* Oraniopsis
* Ravenea
* Ammandra
* Aphandra
* Phytelephas

Arecoideae|

* Podococcus
* Orania
* Sclerosperma
* Roystonea
* Reinhardtia
* Manicaria
* Hyospathe
* Leopoldinia

| Iriarteeae|

* Iriartella
* Dictyocaryum
* Iriartea
* Socratea
* Wettinia

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Chamaedoreeae|

* Hyophorbe
* Wendlandiella
* Synechanthus
* Chamaedorea
* Gaussia

Cocoseae|

* Beccariophoenix
* Jubaeopsis
* Voanioala
* Allagoptera
* Attalea
* Butia
* Cocos
* Jubaea
* Syagrus
* Parajubaea
* Acrocomia
* Astrocaryum
* Aiphanes
* Bactris
* Desmoncus
* Barcella
* Elaeis

Euterpeae|

* Euterpe
* Prestoea
* Neonicholsonia
* Oenocarpus

Geonomateae|

* Welfia
* Pholidostachys
* Calyptrogyne
* Calyptronoma
* Asterogyne
* Geonoma

Pelagodoxeae|

* Pelagodoxa
* Sommieria

Areceae|

* Actinorhytis
* Archontophoenix
* Actinokentia
* Chambeyronia
* Kentiopsis
* Areca
* Nenga
* Pinanga
* Basselinia
* Burretiokentia
* Cyphophoenix
* Cyphosperma
* Lepidorrhachis
* Physokentia
* Carpoxylon
* Satakentia
* Neoveitchia
* Cyphokentia
* Clinosperma
* Dypsis
* Lemurophoenix
* Marojejya
* Masoala
* Calyptrocalyx
* Linospadix
* Howea
* Laccospadix
* Oncosperma
* Deckenia
* Acanthophoenix
* Tectiphiala
* Ptychosperma
* Ponapea
* Adonidia
* Balaka
* Veitchia
* Carpentaria
* Wodyetia
* Drymophloeus
* Normanbya
* Brassiophoenix
* Ptychococcus
* Jailoloa
* Manjekia
* Wallaceodoxa
* Rhopalostylis
* Hedyscepe
* Nephrosperma
* Phoenicophorium
* Roscheria
* Verschaffeltia
* Bentinckia
* Clinostigma
* Cyrtostachys
* Dictyosperma
* Dransfieldia
* Heterospathe
* Hydriastele
* Iguanura
* Loxococcus
* Rhopaloblaste

Taxon identifiers

Wallichia|

* Wikidata: Q135812
* Wikispecies: Wallichia
* BOLD: 412255
* CoL: 8W4NG
* EoL: 80185
* EPPO: 1WLLG
* FNA: 134740
* FoC: 134740
* GBIF: 2738143
* GRIN: 12768
* iNaturalist: 180066
* IPNI: 31556-1
* NCBI: 115528
* Open Tree of Life: 314844
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:31556-1
* WFO: wfo-4000040501

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