Caryota
Fishtail palms | |
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Caryota mitis leaves | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
Tribe: | Caryoteae |
Genus: | Caryota L. |
Type species | |
Caryota urens | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Caryota is a genus of
mediterranean climates as well as subtropical and tropical climates.[2]
Fishtail palms contain raphides.
Species
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Caryota albertii F.Muell. ex H.Wendl. | Queensland | |
Caryota angustifolia Zumaidar & Jeanson | Sulawesi | |
Caryota cumingii Lodd. ex Mart. | Philippines fishtail palm - Philippines | |
Caryota elegans Schaedtler | ||
Caryota kiriwongensis Hodel | Thailand | |
Caryota maxima Blume | Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Java, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam | |
Caryota mitis Lour. | Burmese fishtail palm - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam | |
Caryota monostachya Becc. | Vietnam, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan | |
Caryota no Becc. | Borneo | |
Caryota obtusa Griff. | Thailand mountain palm - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand | |
Caryota ophiopellis Dowe | Vanuatu | |
Caryota rumphiana Mart. | Albert palm - Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago | |
Caryota sympetala Gagnep. | Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia | |
Caryota urens L. | southern India, Sri Lanka; naturalized in Assam, Bangladesh, Bonin Islands, southern China,Nepal, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico - jaggery palm, solitary fishtail palm, wine palm, toddy palm | |
Caryota zebrina Hambali & al. | New Guinea |
Gallery
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Fishtail palm at Bhopal
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Fishtail palm at Bhopal
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Fishtail palm flower in detail.
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Fishtail palm at Chandigarh
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Fishtail palm - close up
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Leaves of fishtail palm tree
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Fishtail palm - detail
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
External links
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