''Plectocomia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

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 The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

, and

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

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'' 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'' 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'' Griff. - Assam * '' Plectocomia longistigma'' Madulid - Java * '' Plectocomia lorzingii'' Madulid - Sumatra * '' Plectocomia macrostachya'' Kurz - Myanmar * '' Plectocomia microstachys'' Burret - Hainan * '' Plectocomia mulleri'' Blume - Borneo, Malaysia * '' Plectocomia pierreana'' Becc. - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan * '' Plectocomia pygmaea'' Madulid - Kalimantan Plectocomia_Bhutan

References

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