Pholidostachys

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Pholidostachys
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Pholidostachys dactyloides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Geonomateae
Genus: Pholidostachys
H.Wendl. ex Benth. & Hook.f. [1] [2]
Type species
Pholidostachys pulchra
H.Wendl. ex Burret [3]

Pholidostachys is a genus of palms found in Central America and northwestern South America (northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). [4] [1] [5]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (1883). "CLXXXVII Palmae (in note)". Genera Plantarum Ad Exemplaria Imprimis in Herbariis Kewensibus. 3 (2): 915.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Tropicos | Name - Pholidostachys H. Wendl. ex Hook. f. Type species". legacy.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Henderson, A. (2012). A revision of Pholidostachys (Arecaceae). Phytotaxa 43: 1-48.