''Bentinckia'' is a genus of palms in the family

Arecaceae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

. The genus is named after William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck a colonial governor general of British India. There are two species of palms in this genus. namely ''

Bentinckia condapanna ''Bentinckia condapanna'', the hill areca nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in India. It is threatened by habitat loss. This palm is mainly found in the evergreen forests of Western Ghats of India. ...

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Bentinckia nicobarica ''Bentinckia nicobarica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae found to occur in the Nicobar group of islands in the Bay of Bengal. It is an endemic palm occurring in Great Nicobar, Katchal, Nancowry and Car Nicobar Islands ...

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Distribution

'' is endemic to southern Western Ghats, where it occurs in steep rocky slopes of the high altitude rainforest region. ''

'' is restricted to the lowland rainforest of

Nicobar Islands The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean. They are located in Southeast Asia, northwest of Aceh on Sumatra, and separated from Thailand to the east by the Andaman Sea. Located southeast of the Indian s ...

References

Arecaceae genera Flora of the Western Ghats Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Areceae-stub