''Calyptrocalyx hollrungii'' is a palm species in the family

Arecaceae The Arecaceae () is a family (biology), family of perennial plant, perennial, flowering plants in the Monocotyledon, monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbing palm, climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly k ...

, and is native to

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

and to the Indonesian part of New Guinea,

Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ...

Taxonomy

''Calyptrocalyx hollrungii'' was first described in 1889 by

Odoardo Beccari Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia. Life Youth and education (18 ...

as ''Linospadix hollrungii'', with the species epithet, ''hollrungii'', chosen to honour Max Hollrung. It was assigned to the genus, ''

Calyptrocalyx ''Calyptrocalyx'' is a genus of plants in the palm family Arecaceae, native to New Guinea and the nearby Maluku Islands. Ranging from small to large, the palms in this genus are increasingly found in cultivation owing largely to their purple, re ...

'', in 2001by John Dowe and Michael Ferrero in 2001.Govaerts, R. et al. (2019
Plants of the world online: ''Calyptrocalyx hollrungii''.
Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

References

External links

''Calyptrocalyx hollrungii'' at PalmWeb
hollrungii Flora of New Guinea Plants described in 1889 Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari {{Areceae-stub