Hydriastele
| Hydriastele | |
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| Hydriastele pinangoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae
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| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Genus: | Hydriastele H. Wendl. & Drude[1] |
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Hydriastele is a diverse and widespread genus of flowering plant in the palm family found throughout northern Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Southeast Asia. It consisted of just nine species until 2004, when molecular research, supported by morphologic similarities, led taxonomists to include the members of the Gulubia, Gronophyllum, and Siphokentia genera. About 40 species are now recognized.[2]
Description
The palms now classified in this genus have uniting traits but are nonetheless diverse. Pleonanthy, monoecy,
Taxonomy
The genus Hydriastele was first formally described in 1875 by Hermann Wendland and Carl Georg Oscar Drude in the journal Linnaea and the type species is Hydriastele wendlandiana.[4] The genus name is derived from Greek, combining "hydriad", a water nymph in mythology, and "column".[5]
Species list
The following is a list of Hydriastele species accepted by Plants of the World Online as at December 2022:
- Hydriastele apetiolata Petoe & W.J.Baker (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele aprica (B.E.Young) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele beguinii (Burret) W.J.Baker & Loo (Maluku)
- Hydriastele biakensis W.J.Baker & Heatubun (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele bournae W.J.Baker & D.Watling (Fiji)
- Hydriastele calcicola W.J.Baker & Petoe (New Guinea)
- F.M.Bailey (Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Queensland)
- Hydriastele cylindrocarpa (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu)
- Hydriastele divaricata Heatubun, Petoe & W.J.Baker (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele dransfieldii (Hambali, Maturb., Wanggai & W.J.Baker) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele flabellata (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele gibbsiana (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele hombronii (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (Solomon Islands)
- Hydriastele kasesa (Lauterb.) Burret (Bismarck Archipelago)
- Hydriastele kjellbergii (Burret) W.J.Baker & Loo (Sulawesi)
- Hydriastele lanata W.J.Baker & Petoe (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele ledermanniana (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele longispatha (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele lurida (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele macrospadix (Burret) W.J.Baker & Loo (Solomon Islands)
- Hydriastele manusii (Essig) W.J.Baker & Loo (Bismarck Archipelago)
- Hydriastele microcarpa (Scheff.) W.J.Baker & Loo (Maluku Islands)
- Hydriastele moluccana (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (Maluku Islands)
- Hydriastele montana (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele nannostachys W.J.Baker & Loo (Sulawesi)
- Hydriastele oxypetala Burret) W.J.Baker & Loo (Maluku Islands)
- Hydriastele palauensis (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (Caroline Islands)
- Hydriastele pinangoides (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele procera (Blume) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele ramsayi (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (Northern Territory)
- M.D.Ferrero
- Hydriastele sarasinorum (Burret) W.J.Baker & Loo (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele selebica (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Loo (Sulawesi)
- Hydriastele simbiakii Heatubun, Petoe & W.J.Baker (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele splendida Heatubun, Petoe & W.J.Baker (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele variabilis (Becc.) Burret (New Guinea)
- Hydriastele vitiensis W.J.Baker & Loo (Fiji)
- H.Wendl. & Drude(New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland)
- Hydriastele wosimiensis W.J.Baker & Petoe (New Guinea)
Distribution and habitat
Their known natural range includes a number of tropical settings in
Cultivation and uses
Several of these palms are cultivated and typically require conditions resembling those of their range. The trunks of some species are used as wall and floorboard components in house construction or split and fashioned into spears.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Hydriastele". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Baker, W.J. "A synopsis of the genus Hydriastele (Arecaceae)". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-935868-30-2
- ^ "Hydriastele". APNI. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6
External links
Notes
- ^a The original website at palmguide.org has been usurped and its full content is no longer available. This link is an incomplete archive of the original.