''Jailoloa'' is a genus of palm (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 ...
), in the subtribe
Ptychospermatinae
Ptychospermatinae is a palm tree subtribe in the tribe Areceae.
Genera:
*''Adonidia''
*''Balaka (plant), Balaka''
*''Brassiophoenix''
*''Carpentaria''
*''Drymophloeus''
*''Jailoloa''
*''Manjekia''
*''Normanbya''
*''Ponapea''
*''Ptychococcus''
*' ...
. It has only one currently accepted species, ''Jailoloa halmaherensis'', native to
the Moluccas
The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West Melanesia ...
.
It only grows on
ultramafic soils. The species is currently known only from its
type locality in East
Halmahera
Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, and Sofifi, the capital of the province, is located on the west coa ...
.
References
Ptychospermatinae
Monotypic Arecaceae genera
Endemic flora of the Maluku Islands
Halmahera
Plants described in 2014
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