Oncosperma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Areceae
Subtribus: Oncospermatinae
Genus: Oncosperma
Species: O. fasciculatum – O. gracilipes – O. horridum – O. platyphyllum – O. tigillarium
Name

Oncosperma Blume, Rumphia 2: 96 (1843)

Type species: Oncosperma tigillarium (Jack) Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 33: 173 (1864). Designated as synonym Oncosperma filamentosum (Kunth) Blume, Rumphia 2: 97 (1843)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Keppleria Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen.: 355 (1842), nom. illeg.

References

Blume, C.L. von 1843. Rumphia, sive commentationes botanicae imprimis de plantis Indiae orientalis 2: 96, t. 82, 103. BHL
Blume, C.L. von 1838. Bulletin des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles en Neerlande 1: 64. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Oncosperma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 November 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Oncosperma. Published online. Accessed: November 24 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Oncosperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 November 24.

Oncosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It contains the following species, native to Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka:[1][2]

Oncosperma fasciculatum Thwaites - Sri Lanka
Oncosperma gracilipes Becc. - Philippines
Oncosperma horridum (Griff.) Scheff - Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra
Oncosperma platyphyllum Becc. - Philippines
Oncosperma tigillarium (Jack) Ridl. - Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra

References

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.