''Adonidia'' is a

genus 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 n ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the family Arecaceae, native to the

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and

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History of the genus

The genus was originally described in 1919. In 1957, it was transferred to the genus ''

Veitchia ''Veitchia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It contains the following species, all native to islands in the Pacific Ocean (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands): * ''Veitchia arecina'' Becc. - Vanuatu * ''Veitchi ...

''. In 2008, further study returned it to its own genus. Thus, some older photos from the 1957-2008 period use ''Veitchia'' instead of ''Adonidia''. Another similar palm, the genus ''

Manjekia maturbongsii ''Manjekia'' is a monotypic genus of palm for a species of palm native to Biak Biak is an island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua (province), Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak ...

'' was first described in 2012 as ''Adonidia maturbongsii'',W.J.Baker & Heatubun, Palms (1999+) 56: 134 (2012). but in 2014 it was moved to its own genus, ''

Manjekia ''Manjekia'' is a monotypic genus of palm for a species of palm native to Biak island, Indonesia, off the northwest coast of New Guinea. The genus was proposed in 2014. Its sole species is ''Manjekia maturbongsii'', which was first described in ...

''.

Current status

At present there are two recognized species.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Adonidia''
/ref> The first, and better known, is the Manila palm ('' Adonidia merrillii''), which is native to the Philippines ( Palawan and Danjugan Island) and is reportedly naturalized in the West Indies. The second is ''

Adonidia dransfieldii ''Adonidia dransfieldii'' is a species of ''Adonidia'' palm native to Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. It grows up to in height. It is very similar in appearance to the much more common ''Adonidia merrillii'' with the chief visual differences being a s ...

'', native to

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 ...

in Borneo and first described in 2015. Some palms sold in retail outlets as "''Adonidia''" are in fact Alexander palms, which are similar but even thinner. Image:Fruits of Royal Palm.JPG, Fruits of a dwarf royal palm or Christmas palm (''Adonidia merrillii'') photographed in Ghana Image:ArecaceaeDSC9180 01.jpg, Palm and fruits. Cultivar, Bahia, Brazil

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Ptychospermatinae Arecaceae genera Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Areceae-stub