Arecaceae
Licuala

Licuala spinosa Wurmb

First published in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 2: 474 (1780)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bangladesh to Philippines. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Trinidad-Tobago

Recorded in error in:

Hainan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Anh, T.T.P. & Henderson, A. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 13: 1-414. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
  • National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Saw, L.G. (2012). A revision of Licuala (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae) in Borneo. Kew Bulletin 67: 577-654.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Anh, T.T.P. & Henderson, A. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 13: 1-414. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 9, 2003 Kostermans [21821] Indonesia K000933529 No
Sep 1, 2001 Moore, A.; Ros [93] Cambodia K000933262 No
Andersen, J.; Rasit bin Abdilah; Gisil, J. [228] Malaysia K000933610 No
Haji Bujang [13024] Malaysia K000933848 No
Mauritius K:SPC-66340.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [19809] Thailand K000933249 No
Anonymous [54] Malaysia K000934650 No
Barfod, A.; Ueachirakan, W. [41438] Thailand K000933257 No
Mogea, J.P. [775] Indonesia K000933530 No
Smith, G.; Watana Sumawong [GC142] Thailand K000933205 No
Smith, G.; Watana Sumawong [GC28] Thailand K000933244 No
Geesink; Hattink, T.; Phengklai, C. [6572] Thailand K000933258 No
Smith, G.; Watana Sumawong [GC137] Thailand K000933204 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [2089] Thailand K000527446 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [4109] Thailand K000933243 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [6856] Thailand K000933245 No
Anonymous [s.n.] Malaysia K000934648 No
Kamarudin, S. [FRI38507] Malaysia K000934673 No
Henderson, A.; Bui Van Thanh, Nguyen Quoc Dat [3633] Vietnam K000707488 No
Smith, G.; Watana Sumawong [GC35] Thailand K000933251 No
Balajadia [3717] Malaysia K000933607 No
Noblick, L.; Witono, J.R.; Sudarso, E.; Budi Setio Purbowo [5198] Indonesia K000933605 No
Stone, B.C. [14482] Malaysia K000934675 No
Harrison, S.G. [1548] K000935078 No
Whitmore, T.; Chanran; Chanlong [TCW3108] Thailand K000933259 No
Haji Bujang [13024] Malaysia K000933850 No
Haji Bujang [13024] Malaysia K000933849 No
Newman, M. [119] Vietnam K000933247 No
Barfod, A.; Ueacharakan, W. [40987] Thailand K000933256 No
Zollinger, H. [646] Indonesia K000933600 No
Barfod, A.; Ueachirakan, W. Pedersen, A.B. [43833] Thailand K000933252 No
Wong, K.M. [WKM1645] Brunei K000933416 No
Saw, L.G. [FRI39930] Malaysia K000934674 No
Saw, L.G. [FRI36466] Malaysia K000934568 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [14711] Thailand K000933255 No
Henderson, A.; Bui Van Thanh, Nguyen Quoc Dat [3621] Vietnam K000707500 No
Balajadia [2891] Malaysia K000933609 No
Lorzing [12087] Indonesia K000933606 No
Smith, G.; Watana Sumawong [GC99] Thailand K000933203 No
Saw, L.G.; Kamarudin, S. [FRI37620] Malaysia K000934569 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [19272] Thailand K000933261 No
Poilane [4057] Vietnam K000933242 No
Forman, L.L. [163] Indonesia K000933603 No
Forman, L.L. [163] Indonesia K000933601 No
Forman, L.L. [163] Indonesia K000933602 No
Saw, L.G. [FRI37265] Malaysia K000934676 No
Ramos, M.; Edaño, G. [44106] Philippines K000933902 No
Smith, G.; Watana Sumawong [GC34] Thailand K000933202 No
Griffith [s.n.] Malaysia K000934649 No
Griffith [s.n.] Malaysia K000934647 No
Marcan, A. [1301] Thailand K000933250 No
Anonymous [s.n.] K000935106 No
Smith, G.; Watana Sumawong [GC81] Thailand K000933206 No
Smith, G.; Watana Sumawong [GC82] Thailand K000933246 No
Harrison, S.G.; Persaud, R. [1548] Guyana K:SPC-08003.000 No
Pierre [4841] Vietnam K000933240 No
Pierre [4841] Vietnam K000933241 No
Henderson, A.; Bui Van Thanh, Vu Van Duy, & Nguyen Ngoc Quynh [3385] Vietnam K000667172 No
Hiep, N.T.; Loc, P.K.; Binh, N.Q.; Phuong, T.T.; Xiem, L. [540] Vietnam K000933254 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [6710] Thailand K000933260 No
Marcan, A. [1143] Thailand K000933253 No
Noblick, L.; Witono, J.R.; Sudarso, E. [5186] Indonesia K000933604 No
Nizondham, C. [2031] Thailand K000933248 No
Rutherford, S.; Bandara, M.M.P. [R55] K000935080 No
Amin [SAN115021] Malaysia K000933608 No

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images