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Wallaceodoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Tribe: Areceae
Subtribe: Ptychospermatinae
Genus: Wallaceodoxa
Heatubun & W.J.Baker[2]
Species:
W. raja-ampat
Binomial name
Wallaceodoxa raja-ampat
Heatubun & W.J.Baker[1]

Wallaceodoxa is a genus of palm (family Arecaceae), in the subtribe Ptychospermatinae. It has only one currently accepted species, Wallaceodoxa raja-ampat, native to the Raja Ampat Islands off the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.[3][4] It grows on limestone soils.[5]

References

  1. ^ Kew Bull. 69(3)-9525: 14 (2014)
  2. ^ Kew Bull. 69(3)-9525: 13 (2014)
  3. ^ "Wallaceodoxa Heatubun & W.J.Baker". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Wallaceodoxa raja-ampat Heatubun & W.J.Baker". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  5. ^ Heatubun, Charlie D.; Zona, Scott; Baker, William J. (2014). "Three new genera of arecoid palm (Arecaceae) from eastern Malesia". Kew Bulletin. 69 (3). doi:10.1007/s12225-014-9525-x. S2CID 24848021.