Orania (plant)

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Orania
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Orania ravaka
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Oranieae
Genus: Orania
Zipp. [1]
Type species
Orania regalis
Zipp. [1]
Synonyms [1]

Orania is a genus of the palm tree family Arecaceae, whose native is Madagascar, Malesia, and New Guinea. [1] [2]

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Species

The following 30 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of 24 July 2023 [1]

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<i>Calamus</i> (palm) Genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae

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<i>Livistona</i> Genus of palms

Livistona is a genus of palms, the botanical family Arecaceae, native to southeastern and eastern Asia, Australasia, and the Horn of Africa. They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets.

<i>Syagrus</i> (plant) Genus of palms

Syagrus is a genus of Arecaceae (palms), native to South America, with one species endemic to the Lesser Antilles. The genus is closely related to the Cocos, or coconut genus, and many Syagrus species produce edible seeds similar to the coconut.

<i>Daemonorops</i> Historically recognized genus of palms

Daemonorops was a genus of rattan palms in the family Arecaceae. Its species are now included within the genus Calamus. Species now placed in Daemonorops are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. They are found primarily in the tropics and subtropics of southeastern Asia with a few species extending into southern China and the Himalayas.

<i>Licuala</i> Genus of palms

Licuala is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands.

<i>Cyrtostachys</i> Genus of palms

Cyrtostachys is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Its species are found in southeast Asia, New Guinea, and in some of the South-Central and Southwest Pacific island habitats of the Oceanian realm.

<i>Dypsis</i> Genus of palms

Dypsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. They are slender, evergreen palms with yellow flowers carried in panicles amongst the pinnate leaves. Many Dypsis species have aerial branching, a rare growth habit among palms. Some have marcescent leaves that remain attached after death and trap litter for nutrients. Several species previously placed here have been returned to the restored genera Chrysalidocarpus and Vonitra.

<i>Dypsis madagascariensis</i> Species of plant in the family Arecaceae

Dypsis madagascariensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Vonitra nossibensis, synonym Dypsis nossibensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in the Lokobe Forest in north-west Madagascar and is threatened by habitat loss. Fewer than 25 trees have been counted.

Dypsis pilulifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Dypsis scottiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.

<i>Linospadix</i> Genus of plants

Linospadix is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to New Guinea and Australia.

Orania trispatha is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.

<i>Pinanga</i> Genus of palms

Pinanga is a genus of flowering plant of the palm family in the subtribe Arecinae. It is native to eastern and southern Asia across to New Guinea.

<i>Ptychosperma</i> Genus of palms

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

<i>Heterospathe</i> Genus of palms

Heterospathe is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Oceania, where it is called sagisi palm. With 39 species, Heterospathe is named from a Greek combination of "various" and "spathe", which describes the two distinct bract types.

<i>Hydriastele</i> Genus of palms

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Orania Zipp". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. Keim, Ary P.; Dransfield, John (2012). "A monograph of the genus Orania (Arecaceae: Oranieae)". Kew Bulletin. 67: 127–190.