Clinosperma

<i>Clinosperma</i>

Clinosperma

Genus of palms

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

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. [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.
  • "Clinosperma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).


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