''Pinanga purpurea'' is a species of

palm tree 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 ...

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 ...

. It is endemic to

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The species was described in 2002. The name ''Pinanga purpurea'' had previously applied by Miquel in 1861Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1861. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Eerste Bijvoegsel, Flora Indiae Batavae, 3: 590
/ref> to another species, now called ''

Cyrtostachys renda ''Cyrtostachys renda'', also known by the common names red sealing wax palm and lipstick palm, is a Arecaceae, palm that is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia. It is the only species of the genus ''Cyrtostachys'' that ...

''. Miquel's name, however, was listed as a synonym without description, hence not validly published. Therefore, Hendra's 2002 name stands as a legitimate name, not a homonym.

References

purpurea Endemic flora of Sumatra Plants described in 2002 {{Areceae-stub