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''Oncosperma'' is a genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
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 ...
. It contains the following species, native to
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
and
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. * '' Oncosperma fasciculatum'' Thwaites - Sri Lanka * '' Oncosperma gracilipes'' Becc. - Philippines * '' Oncosperma horridum'' (Griff.) Scheff - Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra * '' Oncosperma platyphyllum'' Becc. - Philippines * ''
Oncosperma tigillarium ''Oncosperma tigillarium'', commonly known as ''Nibong palm'' is an Asian species of palm tree in the family Arecaceae. Description ''Oncosperma tigillarium'' grows to 12m (possibly up to 30m) in height in dense thickets of up to 50 palm trees ...
'' (Jack) Ridl. - Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra


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Arecaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Areceae-stub