Wallichia is a genus of eight species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.[2] In 2016, it was proposed that its species should be included within the genus Arenga,[3] but as of April 2024[update] this was not accepted by Plants of the World Online.[2]
| Wallichia | |
|---|---|
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| Wallichia densiflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Tribe: | Caryoteae |
| Genus: | Wallichia Roxb. |
| Type species | |
| Wallichia caryotoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China.[1][4][5][6][7]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Wallichia caryotoides Roxb. | Bangladesh, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand | |
 | Wallichia disticha T.Anderson | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos |
| Wallichia gracilis Becc. | China: Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam | |
| Wallichia lidiae A.J.Hend | Bago region of Myanmar | |
| Wallichia marianneae Hodel | Thailand | |
| Wallichia nana Griff | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam | |
| | Wallichia oblongifolia Griff. | Himalayas of northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China: Yunnan |
| Wallichia triandra (J.Joseph) S.K.Basu. | India: Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet |
References
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