Cyrtostachys
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| Cyrtostachys renda (lipstick palm) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Genus: | Cyrtostachys Blume |
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.[1][2][3]
Species:
- Cyrtostachys bakeri Heatubun - Papua New Guinea
- Cyrtostachys barbata Heatubun - western New Guinea
- Cyrtostachys elegans Burret - central New Guinea
- Cyrtostachys excelsa Heatubun - western New Guinea
- Cyrtostachys glauca H.E.Moore - Papua New Guinea
- Cyrtostachys loriae Becc. - Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
- Cyrtostachys renda Blume - Red candle-wax palm - Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
References
- ^ http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=54901
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Heatubun, C.D., Baker, W.J., Mogea, J.P., Harley, M.M., Tjitrosoedirdjo, S.S. & Dransfield, J. (2009). A monograph of Cyrtostachys (Arecaceae). Kew Bulletin 64: 67-94.
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