Ptychosperma

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: Ptychospermatinae
Genus: Ptychosperma
Species: P. ambiguum – P. buabe – P. burretianum – P. caryotoides – P. cuneatum – P. elegans – P. furcatum – P. gracile – P. hartmannii – P. lauterbachii – P. lineare – P. macarthurii – P. macrocerum – P. mambare – P. microcarpum – P. mooreanum – P. nicolai – P. praemorsum – P. propinquum – P. pullenii – P. ramosissimum – P. rosselense – P. salomonense – P. sanderianum – P. schefferi – P. streimannii – P. tagulense – P. vestitum – P. waitianum
Name

Ptychosperma Labill., Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 252 (1808 publ. 1811)

Type species: Ptychosperma gracile Labill., Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 253 (1808 publ. 1811)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Seaforthia R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 267 (1810).
Actinophloeus (Becc.) Becc., Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 2: 126 (1885).
Romanowia Sander ex André, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 71: 262 (1899).
Strongylocaryum Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 95 (1936).

References

Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1811) Mémoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques de L'Institut National de France 1808(2): 252–253.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Ptychosperma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Oct. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Ptychosperma. Published online. Accessed: Oct 13 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Ptychosperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Oct. 2015.
Zona, S., Francisco-Ortega, J., Jestrow, B., Baker, W.J., & Lewis, C.E. (2011) Molecular phylogenetics of the palm subtribe Ptychospermatinae (Arecaceae). American Journal of Botany, 98(10), 1716-1726. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100218 Full text PDF

Ptychosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions (Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).[1][2]
Species

It contains the following species:[1]

Ptychosperma ambiguum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea
Ptychosperma buabe Essig – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma burretianum Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Ptychosperma caryotoides Ridl. – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma cuneatum (Burret) Burret – New Guinea
Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic
Ptychosperma furcatum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma gracile Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago
Ptychosperma halmaherense Heatubun – Maluku → Jailoloa halmaherensis
Ptychosperma hartmannii Becc. – New Guinea
Ptychosperma lauterbachii Becc. – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma lineare (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. – New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
Ptychosperma macrocerum Becc. – New Guinea
Ptychosperma mambare (F.M.Bailey) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma microcarpum (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma mooreanum Essig – New Guinea
Ptychosperma nicolai (Sander ex André) Burret – New Guinea
Ptychosperma praemorsum Becc. – New Guinea
Ptychosperma propinquum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Aru Islands, Salawati Island, Kai Islands
Ptychosperma pullenii Essig – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma ramosissimum Essig – Louisiade Archipelago
Ptychosperma rosselense Essig – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma salomonense Burret – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Ptychosperma sanderianum Ridl. – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma schefferi Becc. ex Martelli – New Guinea
Ptychosperma streimannii Essig – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma tagulense Essig – Louisiade Archipelago
Ptychosperma vestitum Essig – Papua New Guinea
Ptychosperma waitianum Essig – Papua New Guinea

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.