''Maxburretia'' is a genus of three rare

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of palms found in southern

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

and

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the list of isla ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The genus is named in honor of

Max Burret Karl Ewald Maximilian Burret, commonly known as Max Burret (6 June 1883 – 19 September 1964) was a German botanist. Burret was born in Saffig near Andernach in the Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Rhine Province. He originally studied law at L ...

, (1883–1964) a German botanist.Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok. * ''

Maxburretia furtadoana ''Maxburretia'' is a genus of three rare species of Arecaceae, palms found in southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. The genus is named in honor of Max Burret, (1883–1964) a German botanist.Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Th ...

'' J.Dransf. – southern Thailand * ''

Maxburretia gracilis ''Maxburretia'' is a genus of three rare species of Arecaceae, palms found in southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. The genus is named in honor of Max Burret, (1883–1964) a German botanist.Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Th ...

'' (Burret) J.Dransf – southern Thailand,

Langkawi Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah (), is a duty-free island and an archipelago of 99 islands (plus five small islands visible only at low tide in the Strait of Malacca) located some 30 km off the coast of northwe ...

Islands * '' Maxburretia rupicola'' (Ridl.) Furtado –

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

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Coryphoideae Flora of Thailand Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Arecaceae genera {{Arecaceae-stub