''Rhopaloblaste'' 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, native to
New Guinea
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,
Melanesia
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The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...
and
Southeast Asia
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.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.]
It contains the following species:[
*'' Rhopaloblaste augusta'' (Kurz) H.E.Moore - Nicobar Islands, Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore, the Moluccas, New Guinea & the Solomon Islands
*'' Rhopaloblaste ceramica'' (Miq.) Burret - New Guinea, Maluku
*'' Rhopaloblaste elegans'' H.E.Moore - Solomon Islands
*'' Rhopaloblaste gideonii'' Banka - New Ireland
*'' Rhopaloblaste ledermanniana'' Becc. - New Guinea
*'' Rhopaloblaste singaporensis'' (Becc.) Hook.f. - Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia
]
References
Arecaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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