Arecaceae
Rhopaloblaste

Rhopaloblaste gideonii Banka

First published in Kew Bull. 59: 56 (2004)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baker, W.J., Barfod, A.S., Cámara-Leret, R., Dowe, J.L., Heatubun, C.D., Petoe, P., Turner, J.H., Zona, S. & Dransfield, J. (2024). Palms of New Guinea: 1-726. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond.
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Bulletin

  • --- & Pichi-Sermolli, R. E. G. (1955). Subfamiliae Arecoidearum Palmae Gerontogeae, Tribuum et Generum Conspectus. Webbia 11:1 - 187.
  • --- (1886). Nuovi Studi sulle Palme Asiatiche. Malesia 3: 58 - 149.
  • --- (1923). Neue Palmen Papuasiens II. In: C. Lauterbach (ed.), Beiträge zur Flora von Pauasiens. X. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 441 - 462.
  • --- (1940). Neue Palmen aus Neuguinea VI. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 7 - 12.
  • Baker W. J., Coode, M.J. E., Dransfield, J., Dransfield, S., Harley, M. M., Hoffmann, P. & Johns, R. J. (1998). Patterns of distribution in Malesian vascular plants. In: R. Hall, J. D. Holloway & B. R. Rosen (eds.), Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia, pp. 243 - 258. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Barfod, A., Banka, R. & Dowe, J. L. (2001). Field Guide to Palms in Papua New Guinea. AAU reports 40, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus. Aarhus University Press.
  • Beccari, O. (1885). Reliquiae Schefferianae. Illustrazione di Alcune Palme Viventi nel Giardino Botanico di Buitenzorg. Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 2: 77-171.
  • Burret, M. (1928). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Palmen von Malesia, Papua und der Südsee. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 253 - 296.
  • Essig, F. B. (1977). A preliminary analysis of the palm flora of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Bot. Bull. Dept. Forests. Papua New Guinea 9.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.
  • Kurz, S. (1875). Descriptions of new plants from the Nicobar Islands (including a few from the Andaman Islands). J. Bot. 13: 321 - 333.
  • Lewis, E. & Doyle, J. J. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis of tribe Areceae (Arecaceae) using two low- copy nuclear genes. Pl. Syst. Evol. 236: 1-17.
  • Martelli, U. (1935). La Sinonimia delle Palme Gernotogee delia Tribù delle Areceae. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 42: 17-88.
  • Miquel, F. A. G. (1868). De Palmis Archipelagi Indici, Observationes Vovae. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk. 11: 1 - 33.
  • Moore, H. E., Jr. (1970). The Genus Rhopaloblaste lmae). Principes 14: 75 - 92.
  • Read, R. W. (1965). Palm Chromosomes by Air Mail. Principes 9: 4-10.
  • Sarkar, S. K. (1970). Palmales. Res. Bull. Cytogen. Lab. Dept. Bot. Univ. Calcutta 2: 22 - 23.
  • Scheffer, R. H. (1876). Sur Quelques Palmiers Du Groupe Des Arécinées. Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 1: 103-164.
  • Uhl, N. W. & Dransfield, J. (1987). Genera Palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of H. E. Moore Jr. The L. H. Bailey Hortorium and The International Palm Society. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
  • Whitmore, (1973). Palms of Malaya. Oxford University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baker, W.J., Barfod, A.S., Cámara-Leret, R., Dowe, J.L., Heatubun, C.D., Petoe, P., Turner, J.H., Zona, S. & Dransfield, J. (2024). Palms of New Guinea: 1-726. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 2, 2021 Gideon, O.; et al [LAE57194] Papua New Guinea K001260866 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Palms of New Guinea

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