''Ptychosperma'' 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 ...

. Most are native to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and/or

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

, with a few in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

and in

Maluku Province Maluku is located in Eastern Indonesia and geographically located in West-Melanesia, between Sulawesi and Western New Guinea, and comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. It is directly adjacent to North Maluku, South ...

of eastern

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (

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,Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Species

It contains the following species: * '' Ptychosperma ambiguum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma buabe'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma burretianum'' Essig –

D'Entrecasteaux Islands D'Entrecasteaux Islands () are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of , has a total land area of approximately and is separated from the Papua New G ...

* '' Ptychosperma caryotoides'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma cuneatum'' (Burret) Burret – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma elegans'' (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic * '' Ptychosperma furcatum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma gracile'' Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago * ''Ptychosperma halmaherense'' Heatubun – Maluku → '' Jailoloa halmaherensis'' * '' Ptychosperma hartmannii'' Becc. – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma lauterbachii'' Becc. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma lineare'' (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea * ''

Ptychosperma macarthurii ''Ptychosperma macarthurii'', commonly known as the Macarthur palm, is a species of tree in the palm family Arecaceae. Its native range is northern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland with a number of disjunct populations in the Northern Territo ...

'' (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. – New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory * '' Ptychosperma macrocerum'' Becc. – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma mambare'' (F.M.Bailey) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma microcarpum'' (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea * ''

Ptychosperma mooreanum ''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or ga ...

'' Essig – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma nicolai'' (Sander ex André) Burret – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma praemorsum'' Becc. – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma propinquum'' (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli –

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, Salawati Island,

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* '' Ptychosperma pullenii'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma ramosissimum'' Essig –

Louisiade Archipelago The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea. It is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than and spread o ...

* '' Ptychosperma rosselense'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma salomonense'' Burret – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands * '' Ptychosperma sanderianum'' Ridl. – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma schefferi'' Becc. ex Martelli – New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma streimannii'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma tagulense'' Essig –

* '' Ptychosperma vestitum'' Essig – Papua New Guinea * '' Ptychosperma waitianum'' Essig – Papua New Guinea

References

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