''Saribus'' is a genus of

palm Palm most commonly refers to: * Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand * Palm plants, of family Arecaceae **List of Arecaceae genera * Several other plants known as "palm" Palm or Palms may also refer to: Music * Palm (ba ...

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

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...

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 th ...

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

leaves A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. '' Livistona'' 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'') is the unofficial national leaf of the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

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 , Southwest Papua province. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays, and sh ...

in Indonesia * '' Saribus chocolatinus'' (Dowe) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - Papua New Guinea * '' Saribus jeanneneyi'' (

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 abbrevia ...

) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - New Caledonia * '' Saribus merrillii'' (Becc.) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker - Philippines * '' Saribus papuanus'' (Becc.) Kuntze - Western New Guinea * '' Saribus rotundifolius'' ( Lam.)

Mart. Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Life Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary. He graduated PhD f ...

- 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. It is locate ...

in north-east

Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory ...

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

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 i ...

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

References

External links

* * Arecaceae genera Livistoninae {{Arecaceae-stub