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Plectocomia
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een rotan stam (Plectocomia elongata) in de bergtuin van 's Lands Plantentuin te Tjibodas West-Java TMnr 10011488.jpg
Plectocomia elongata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Calamoideae
Tribe: Calameae
Genus: Plectocomia
Mart. & Blume

Plectocomia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. [1] [2] It contains the following known species: [3] [4]

P. himalayana stems are cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Bhutan Plectocomia Bhutan.jpg
P. himalayana stems are cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Bhutan

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  2. M. candoonensis(Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Mindanao
  3. M. citrina(Ridl.) Rauschert - Palawan, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
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  10. M. hawkesii(A.H.Heller) Rauschert - New Guinea
  11. M. lamellata(Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Leyte, Mindanao
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  13. M. leucotricha(Schltr.) Rauschert - New Guinea
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  15. M. longibracteata(Leav.) Cootes & W.Suarez - Philippines#
  16. Mycaranthes magnicallosa(Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Wood - Sabah
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  22. M. monostachya(Lindl.) Rauschert - Java, Sumatra
  23. M. nieuwenhuisii(J.J.Sm.) Rauschert - Borneo
  24. M. obliquaLindl. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  25. M. oblitterataBlume -Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Bali
  26. M. padangensis(Schltr.) Brieger - Sumatra
  27. Mycaranthes pannea(Lindl.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Assam, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
  28. M. rhinoceros(Ridl.) Rauschert - Sumatra
  29. M. schistoloba(Schltr.) Rauschert - Sumatra
  30. M. sonkaris(Rchb.f.) Rauschert - Sumatra, Borneo, Sumbawa
  31. M. stenophylla(Schltr.) Rauschert - New Guinea
  32. M. tjadasmalangensis(J.J.Sm.) Rauschert - Java, Sumatra
  33. M. tricuspidata(Rolfe) Rauschert - Sulawesi
  34. M. vanoverberghii(Ames) Cootes, D.P.Banks & W.Suarez - Philippines
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  1. Urceola brachysepalaHook.f. - Borneo, Java, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines
  2. Urceola elasticaRoxb. - Borneo, Java, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  3. Urceola huaitingii(Chun & Tsiang) Mabb. - Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
  4. Urceola javanica(Blume) Boerl. - Borneo, Java, Maluku, Sumatra, Sulawesi, New Guinea
  5. Urceola laevis(Elmer) Merr. - Palawan, Sabah, Sulawesi
  6. Urceola lakhimpurensis(S.K.Srivast. & Mehrotra) Karthik. & Moorthy - Assam
  7. Urceola latifolia(Pierre ex Spire) Mabb. - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  8. Urceola lucida(A.DC.) Benth. ex Kurz - Myanmar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  9. Urceola malayanaMabb. - Cameron Highlands of W Malaysia
  10. Urceola micrantha(Wall. ex G.Don) Mabb. - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Ryukyu Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, W Malaysia
  11. Urceola minutiflora(Pierre) Mabb. - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  12. Urceola napeensis(Quint.) Mabb. - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi
  13. Urceola quintaretii(Pierre) Mabb. - Laos, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi
  14. Urceola rosea(Hook. & Arn.) D.J.Middleton - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, W Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
  15. Urceola torulosaHook.f. - W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
  16. Urceola tournieri(Pierre) Mabb. - Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  17. Urceola xylinabariopsoides(Tsiang) Mabb. - Hainan, Vietnam

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  1. Gomphostemma aborensisDunn - Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Gomphostemma arbusculumC.Y.Wu - Yunnan
  3. Gomphostemma callicarpoides(Yamam.) Masam. - Taiwan
  4. Gomphostemma chinenseOliv. - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Vietnam
  5. Gomphostemma crinitumWall. ex Benth. - Indochina, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh
  6. Gomphostemma curtisiiPrain - Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo
  7. Gomphostemma deltodonC.Y.Wu - Yunnan
  8. Gomphostemma dolichobotrysMerr. - Sumatra
  9. Gomphostemma eriocarpumBenth. - southern India
  10. Gomphostemma grandiflorumDoan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton - Vietnam
  11. Gomphostemma hainanenseC.Y.Wu - Hainan
  12. Gomphostemma hemsleyanumPrain ex Collett & Hemsl. - Java, Myanmar
  13. Gomphostemma heyneanumWall. ex Benth. - southern India
  14. Gomphostemma hirsutumWalsingham - Sabah
  15. Gomphostemma inopinatumPrain - Myanmar
  16. Gomphostemma javanicum(Blume) Benth. - Indochina, Andaman Islands, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Philippines
  17. Gomphostemma keralensisVivek., Gopalan & R.Ansari. - Kerala
  18. Gomphostemma laceiMukerjee - Myanmar
  19. Gomphostemma latifoliumC.Y.Wu - Yunnan, Guangdong
  20. Gomphostemma leptodonDunn - Guangxi, Vietnam
  21. Gomphostemma lucidumWall. ex Benth. - Indochina, Assam, Bangladesh, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
  22. Gomphostemma mastersiiBenth. ex Hook.f. - Assam, Bangladesh, Thailand
  23. Gomphostemma melissifoliumWall. ex Benth. - Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
  24. Gomphostemma microcalyxPrain - Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
  25. Gomphostemma microdonDunn - Yunnan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  26. Gomphostemma nayariiA.S.Chauhan - Assam
  27. Gomphostemma niveumHook.f. - Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Vietnam
  28. Gomphostemma nutansHook.f. - Assam, Myanmar
  29. Gomphostemma ovatumWall. ex Benth. - Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
  30. Gomphostemma parviflorumWall. ex Benth. - Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Yunnan, Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  31. Gomphostemma pedunculatumBenth. ex Hook.f. - Assam, Yunnan, Vietnam
  32. Gomphostemma pseudocrinitumC.Y.Wu - Guangxi
  33. Gomphostemma salarkhanianumKhanam & M.A.Hassan - Sylhet District in Bangladesh
  34. Gomphostemma scortechiniiPrain - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaya
  35. Gomphostemma stellatohirsutumC.Y.Wu - Yunnan
  36. Gomphostemma strobilinum Wall. ex Benth. - Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  37. Gomphostemma sulcatumC.Y.Wu - Yunnan
  38. Gomphostemma thomsoniiBenth. ex Hook.f. - Assam
  39. Gomphostemma velutinumBenth. - Assam, Bangladesh
  40. Gomphostemma wallichiiPrain - Assam, Myanmar, Thailand

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 134, 钩叶藤属 gou ye teng shu, Plectocomia Martius ex Schultes & J. H. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1333. 1830.
  3. Andrew Henderson (2009). Palms of Southern Asia. Princeton University Press. p. 156. ISBN   978-0-691-13449-9.
  4. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.