''Saribus'' is a genus of

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s (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

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Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises the f ...

and Pacific Islands. They are

fan palms Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound). Most are members of the subfamily Coryphoideae, though a few ...

, the

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with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. ''

Livistona ''Livistona'' is a genus of palms, the botanical family Arecaceae, native to southeastern and eastern Asia, Australasia, and the Horn of Africa. They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of ...

'' is closely related to the genus ''Saribus'', and for the past century and half ''Saribus'' was included in ''Livistona''. Recent studies, however, have advocated separating the two groups. The

generic epithet Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

''Saribus'' comes from a local name in one of the Maluku languages, ''sariboe'', as recorded by the Dutch. ''Anáhaw'' (''

Saribus rotundifolius ''Saribus rotundifolius'', also known as the footstool palm, is a common fan palm found in Southeast Asia. It is a member of the genus ''Saribus''. Common names It is called ''anáhaw'' or ''luyong'' in Filipino. In Malay the palm is known as ...

'') is the unofficial national leaf of the

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Species

* ''

Saribus brevifolius ''Saribus brevifolius'' is a species of palm tree in the genus '' Saribus'', which has only been found in the Kawe and Gag Islands in the archipelago of the Raja Ampat Islands, which lie off the north-west tip of the Bird's Head Peninsula in In ...

'' ( Dowe & Mogea) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker -

Raja Ampat Islands Raja Ampat, or the ''Four Kings'', is an archipelago located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's Southwest Papua province. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding ...

in Indonesia * ''

Saribus chocolatinus ''Saribus chocolatinus'' is a species of palm tree in the genus ''Saribus'', which is native to Papua New Guinea. It is a fan palm. It is known as ''manganau'' in the Kamiali (Lababia) dialect of the Kala language. Taxonomy ''Saribus chocolatinu ...

'' (Dowe) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - Papua New Guinea * ''

Saribus jeanneneyi ''Saribus jeanneneyi'' is a very rare species of palm tree in the genus ''Saribus''. It is endemic to southern New Caledonia, where only one mature specimen, surrounded by a few seedlings, survived in its native habitat as of 1997. The cause of i ...

'' (

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) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - New Caledonia * ''

Saribus merrillii ''Saribus'' is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia and Pacific Islands. They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. '' Livistona'' is ...

'' (Becc.) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - Philippines * ''

Saribus papuanus ''Saribus'' is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia and Pacific Islands. They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. ''Livistona'' is c ...

'' (Becc.)

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- Western New Guinea * ''

'' ( Lam.) Mart. - Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, Raja Ampat Islands,

Banggi Island Banggi Island ( ms, Pulau Banggi) is located within the Kudat Division of Sabah in Malaysia. With an area of 440.7 square kilometres, it is the largest island in Malaysia followed by Bruit Island, Langkawi Island and Penang Island Penang ...

in north-east

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* ''

Saribus surru ''Saribus'' is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia and Pacific Islands. They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. '' Livistona'' is ...

'' (Dowe & Barfod) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - Papua New Guinea * ''

Saribus tothur ''Saribus'' is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia and Pacific Islands. They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. ''Livistona'' is c ...

'' (Dowe & Barfod) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - New Guinea * ''

Saribus woodfordii ''Saribus woodfordii'' is a species of fan palm which is native to an area from southeastern Papua New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. Taxonomy ''S. woodfordii'' was first collected in 1897 or 1898 on the island of Makira, also known as San Cris ...

'' (

Ridl. Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees ...

) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

References

External links

* * Arecaceae genera Livistoninae {{Arecaceae-stub