Kentiopsis

Kentiopsis
Kentiopsis oliviformis, University of Miami campus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Areceae
Subtribe:	Archontophoenicinae
Genus:	Kentiopsis Brongn.
Synonyms [1]
Mackeea H.E.Moore

Kentiopsis is a genus of palm trees endemic to New Caledonia. ^{[1] [2]} Relationships between Kentiopsis and the other genera of subtribe Archontophoenicinae, including the Australian Archontophoenix and the New Caledonia endemic Chambeyronia and Actinokentia are unresolved. ^[3]

It contains four known species: ^[1]

• Kentiopsis magnifica (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & Hodel
• Kentiopsis oliviformis (Brongn. & Gris) Brongn.
• Kentiopsis piersoniorum Pintaud & Hodel
• Kentiopsis pyriformis Pintaud & Hodel

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 4. Springer. p. 361. ISBN   978-3-540-64061-5.
3. Domenech, B., C. B. Asmussen-Lange, W. J. Baker, E. Alapetite, J. C. Pintaud, and S. Nadot. (2014) A Phylogenetic Analysis of Palm Subtribe Archontophoenicinae (Arecaceae) Based on 14 DNA Regions.” Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (4): 469–81.