''Plectocomia'' 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 ...

native to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than list of h ...

, and

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 ...

. Plants are

dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ...

, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.

Species

The genus contains the following known species:Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. # '' Plectocomia assamica'' - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar # '' Plectocomia billitonensis'' - Belitung # '' Plectocomia bractealis'' - Assam # ''

Plectocomia dransfieldiana ''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. Species The genus contains the follow ...

'' - Perak # '' Plectocomia elmeri'' - Palawan, Mindanao # '' Plectocomia elongata'' - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
(synonym ''P. khasyana'' - Assam) # '' Plectocomia himalayana'' - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand # '' Plectocomia longistigma'' - Java # '' Plectocomia lorzingii'' - Sumatra # '' Plectocomia macrostachya'' - Myanmar # '' Plectocomia microstachys'' - Hainan # '' Plectocomia mulleri'' - Borneo, Malaysia # '' Plectocomia pierreana'' - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan # '' Plectocomia pygmaea'' - Kalimantan Plectocomia_Bhutan

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q139766 Flora of tropical Asia Arecaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Dioecious plants