''Rhopaloblaste'' 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

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and

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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'' (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.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, ...

'' (Miq.) Burret - New Guinea, Maluku *'' Rhopaloblaste elegans'' H.E.Moore - Solomon Islands *'' Rhopaloblaste gideonii'' Banka - New Ireland *'' Rhopaloblaste ledermanniana'' Becc. - New Guinea *'' Rhopaloblaste singaporensis'' (Becc.) Hook.f. - Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia

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