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Cyphokentia
Sign in to saveCyphokentia is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek words meaning "tumor" and "Kentia", a former palm genus, and the species name translates to "large" and "spike", describing the inflorescence. The genus has two known species and Its closest relative is Clinosperma, also endemic to New Caledonia, and the sole other genus of the subtribe Clinospermatinae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Cyphokentia is een geslacht uit de palmenfamilie (Arecaceae). De soorten uit het geslacht komen voor op het eiland Nieuw-Caledonië.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- MO, BPBM, B
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia
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- 瓶椰属
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- Brongn.
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Cyphokentia is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek words meaning "tumor" and "Kentia", a former palm genus, and the species name translates to "large" and "spike", describing the inflorescence. The genus has two known species and Its closest relative is Clinosperma, also endemic to New Caledonia, and the sole other genus of the subtribe Clinospermatinae.
==List of species== Cyphokentia cerifera Cyphokentia macrostachya
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