''Ptychosperma'' 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 ...

. Most are native to

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and/or

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

, with a few in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

and in

Maluku Province Maluku is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. The main city and capital of Maluku province is Ambon, Maluku, Ambon on the small Ambon Island. The land area is 62, ...

of eastern

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. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (

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).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Species

It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig –

D'Entrecasteaux Islands D'Entrecasteaux Islands () are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of , has a total land area of approximately and is separated from the Papua New G ...

* ''

Ptychosperma caryotoides ''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or ga ...

'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * ''

Ptychosperma elegans ''Ptychosperma elegans'', commonly known as the solitaire palm (or elegant palm after the scientific name), is a very slender palm endemic to Queensland in Australia. In the nursery trade and in the United States it may be confusingly referred ...

'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma gracile'' Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago * ''Ptychosperma halmaherense'' Heatubun – Maluku → '' Jailoloa halmaherensis'' * '' Ptychosperma hartmannii'' Becc. – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma lauterbachii'' Becc. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma lineare'' (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea * ''

Ptychosperma macarthurii ''Ptychosperma macarthurii'', commonly known as the Macarthur palm, is a species of tree in the palm family Arecaceae. Its native range is northern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland with a number of disjunct populations in the Northern Territ ...

'' (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. – New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory * '' Ptychosperma macrocerum'' Becc. – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma mambare'' (F.M.Bailey) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea * ''

Ptychosperma microcarpum ''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or ga ...

'' (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea * ''

Ptychosperma mooreanum ''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or ga ...

'' Essig – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma nicolai'' (Sander ex André) Burret – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma praemorsum'' Becc. – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma propinquum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli –

Aru Islands The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of . At the 2011 Census the Regency had a po ...

Salawati Island Salawati is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua (formerly West Papua), Indonesia. Its area is 1,623 km2. Salawati is separated from New Guinea to the southeast by the Sele Strait (a.k.a. Galowa Str ...

Kai Islands The Kai Islands (also Kei Islands) of Indonesia are a group of islands in the southeastern part of the Maluku Islands, located in the province of Maluku (province), Maluku. The Moluccas have been known as the Spice Islands due to regionally sp ...

* '' Ptychosperma pullenii'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma ramosissimum'' Essig –

Louisiade Archipelago The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea. It is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than and spread ...

* '' Ptychosperma rosselense'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma salomonense'' Burret – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands * '' Ptychosperma sanderianum'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma schefferi'' Becc. ex Martelli – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma streimannii'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma tagulense'' Essig –

* '' Ptychosperma vestitum'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma waitianum'' Essig – Papua New Guinea

References

Arecaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{palm-stub