Clinosperma

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Clinosperma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Subtribe: Clinospermatinae
Genus: Clinosperma
Becc., 1920
Synonyms [1]

BrongniartikentiaBecc.
LavoixiaH.E.Moore

Clinosperma is a palm tree genus in the family Arecaceae.

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The genus has 4 known species, all endemic to the Island of New Caledonia, in the Melanesia bioregion of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. [1] [2] Its closest relative is Cyphokentia , [3] also endemic to New Caledonia, and the sole other genus of the subtribe Clinospermatinae.

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Baker, W. J., M. V. Norup, J. J. Clarkson, T. L. P. Couvreur, J. L. Dowe, C. E. Lewis, J. C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M. W. Chase. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships among Arecoid Palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108 (8): 1417–32.