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Kerriodoxa elegans
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Kerriodoxa elegans, the white backed palm, is the only species of palm tree in the genus Kerriodoxa, in the family Arecaceae.
Species
EndangeredWhite Elephant Palm
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Observations49
Observations recorded61
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- DBG, NY, K
- Recorded in
- United States, Thailand
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Kerriodoxa elegans, the white backed palm, is the only species of palm tree in the genus Kerriodoxa, in the family Arecaceae.
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. It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerriodoxa elegans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.