''Bentinckia'' 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 (b ...

s in the family Arecaceae. The genus is named after William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck a colonial governor general of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. There are two species of palms in this genus. namely ''

Bentinckia condapanna ''Bentinckia condapanna'', the hill areca nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in India. It is threatened by habitat loss. This palm is mainly found in the evergreen forests of Western Ghats of India. ...

'' and ''

Bentinckia nicobarica ''Bentinckia nicobarica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae found to occur in the Nicobar group of islands in the Bay of Bengal. It is an endemic palm occurring in Great Nicobar, Katchal, Nancowry and Car Nicobar Islands ...

''.

Distribution

'' is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to southern Western Ghats, where it occurs in steep rocky slopes of the high altitude rainforest region. ''

'' is restricted to the lowland rainforest of Nicobar Islands.

References

Arecaceae genera Flora of the Western Ghats Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Areceae-stub