''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant 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 ...

native to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species:Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. * ''

Plectocomia assamica ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Griff. - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar * ''

Plectocomia billitonensis ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

Becc. Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, particularly New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia. His author abbrevi ...

- Belitung * '' Plectocomia bractealis'' Becc. - Assam * ''

Plectocomia dransfieldiana ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known spec ...

'' Madulid - Perak * ''

Plectocomia elmeri ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Becc. - Palawan, Mindanao * ''

Plectocomia elongata ''Plectocomia elongata'' is a species of plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to Assam, India, Borneo, Cambodia, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ...

'' Mart. ex Blume - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines * ''

Plectocomia himalayana ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Griff. - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand * ''

Plectocomia khasyana ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Griff. - Assam * ''

Plectocomia longistigma ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Madulid - Java * ''

Plectocomia lorzingii ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Madulid - Sumatra * ''

Plectocomia macrostachya ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Kurz - Myanmar * ''

Plectocomia microstachys ''Plectocomia microstachys'' is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is endemic to Zhōngguó/China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It ...

'' Burret - Hainan * ''

Plectocomia mulleri ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Blume - Borneo, Malaysia * ''

Plectocomia pierreana ''Plectocomia pierreana'' is a species of liana in the Arecaceae, or palm tree, family. It is a spiny climber, with either a single stem or a cluster of stems up to 35 m in length, stems are 1 to 9 cm in diameter. Its spines are up to ...

'' Becc. - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan * ''

Plectocomia pygmaea ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species ...

'' Madulid - Kalimantan Plectocomia_Bhutan

References

Flora of tropical Asia Arecaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Dioecious plants {{palm-stub