Kerriodoxa
| Kerriodoxa elegans | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Tribe: | Chuniophoeniceae |
| Genus: | Kerriodoxa J.Dransf. |
| Species: | K. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Kerriodoxa elegans J.Dransf. | |
Kerriodoxa elegans (white backed palm) is the only species of palm tree in the genus Kerriodoxa, in the Arecaceae family.[1][2][3][4][5]
It is an endemic species of Thailand, first discovered in the Khao Phra Thaew reserve on 11 March 1929 and described as a new genus and species in 1983.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Pooma, R. (ed.) (2005). A preliminary check-list of threatened plants in Thailand: 1-193. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
- ↑ Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ White Backed Palm (Kerriodoxa elegans)
- ↑ Dransfield, John. 1983. Principes 27: 4
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