''Drymophloeus'' 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 ...

. It is native to

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 ...

and nearby islands in

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

and Maluku.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Drymophloeus litigiosus ''Drymophloeus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to New Guinea and nearby islands in Samoa and Maluku.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal B ...

'' (Becc.) H.E.Moore - New Guinea, Maluku * ''

Drymophloeus oliviformis ''Drymophloeus oliviformis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Indonesia ( Maluku and Western New Guinea). It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat ...

'' (Giseke) Mart. - New Guinea, Maluku * ''

Drymophloeus whitmeeanus ''Drymophloeus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to New Guinea and nearby islands in Samoa and Maluku.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal B ...

'' Becc. - Samoa ; formerly included * ''

Drymophloeus lepidotus ''Veitchia lepidota'' is a plant species endemic to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern ...

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Veitchia lepidota ''Veitchia lepidota'' is a plant species endemic to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southe ...

'' (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona -

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 ...

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Drymophloeus subdistichus ''Veitchia subdisticha'' is a plant species in the palm family.C.Lewis & Zona, Am. J. Bot. 98: 1725 (2011). It is found only in Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat redu ...

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Veitchia subdisticha ''Veitchia subdisticha'' is a plant species in the palm family.C.Lewis & Zona, Am. J. Bot. 98: 1725 (2011). It is found only in Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat redu ...

'' (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona -

References

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