Guihaia
Sign in to saveGuihaia is a genus of three species of dioecious palms found in China and Vietnam. Perhaps its most distinctive characteristic is that it is the only palm with palmate leaves that has reduplicate (A-shaped) leaf folds. All other palmate leaves have induplicate (V-shaped) leaf folds. Guihaia lancifolia has undivided leaves.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
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Guihaia is a genus of three species of dioecious palms found in China and Vietnam. Perhaps its most distinctive characteristic is that it is the only palm with palmate leaves that has reduplicate (A-shaped) leaf folds. All other palmate leaves have induplicate (V-shaped) leaf folds. Guihaia lancifolia has undivided leaves.
==Species== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Guihaia argyrata (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) S.K.Lee, F.N.Wei & J.Dransf ||China: Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and Vietnam |- |120px ||Guihaia grossefibrosa (Gagnep.) J.Dransf., S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei ||China: Guangdong, Guangxi and Vietnam |- | ||Guihaia heterosquama X. Y. Li || China: Chongqing; Fuling district |- | ||Guihaia lancifolia K. W. Luo & F. W. Xing || China: Guangxi |- |}