''Rhopaloblaste'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
in the family
Arecaceae, native to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
,
Melanesia
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The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, ...
and
Southeast Asia
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.
[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.]
It contains the following species:[
*'']Rhopaloblaste augusta
''Rhopaloblaste augusta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found on the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of India.Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton University press, Princeton an ...
'' (Kurz) H.E.Moore - Nicobar Islands, Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore, the Moluccas, New Guinea & the Solomon Islands
*''Rhopaloblaste ceramica
''Rhopaloblaste'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to New Guinea, Melanesia and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern ...
'' (Miq.) Burret - New Guinea, Maluku
*''Rhopaloblaste elegans
''Rhopaloblaste elegans'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by ...
'' H.E.Moore - Solomon Islands
*''Rhopaloblaste gideonii
''Rhopaloblaste'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to New Guinea, Melanesia and Southeast Asia.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, ...
'' Banka - New Ireland
*''Rhopaloblaste ledermanniana
''Rhopaloblaste'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to New Guinea, Melanesia and Southeast Asia.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, ...
'' Becc. - New Guinea
*''Rhopaloblaste singaporensis
''Rhopaloblaste singaporensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found in Malaysia and Singapore. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the pro ...
'' (Becc.) Hook.f. - Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia
References
Arecaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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