Ptychococcus
Sign in to savethumb|Ptychococcus paradoxus. Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Thailand.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Native toBismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
Ptychococcus ist eine auf Neuguinea und in Papuasien heimische Palmengattung.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 55
- With media
- 35
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- MICH, US, USF, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution and habitat
- Cultivation and uses
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thumb|Ptychococcus paradoxus. Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Thailand.
Ptychococcus is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. They are closely related to Ptychosperma, only differentiated by the seed shape and endocarp type. The name is a combination of the Greek for "fold" and the Latin for "berry".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ptychococcus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.