Arecaceae
Licuala

Licuala telifera Becc.

First published in Malesia 1: 81 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New Guinea. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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?
Nov 3, 2021 Brass [6894] Papua New Guinea K000208172 Isotype Yes
Heatubun, C.; Iwanggin, M. [366] Indonesia K000030744 No
Baker, W.J.; Barrow, S.; Maturbongs, R.; Wanggai, J.; Heatubun, C.; Sagisolo, M.; Rustiami, H.; Otto Geisler Wutoi [1062] Indonesia K000112779 No
Johns, R.J. [8833] Indonesia K001193007 No
Mogea, J.P. [6233] Indonesia K000112679 No
Kloss [s.n.] Papua New Guinea K000113807 Type Yes
Gardiner, L.M.; William J. Baker, Jimmy Wanma, Paulus Bofra, Severus [419] Indonesia K000501639 No
Heatubun, C.; John Dransfield, Mark Coode, Bill Baker, Joko Witono & Ransuddin [174] Indonesia K001193023 No
Baker, W.J.; Gardiner, L.M., Wanma, J. and Bofra, P. [1367] Indonesia K000501609 No
Johns, R.J.; S. Muljono, M. Jitmau, M. Warpur, M. Sagisolo [8260] Indonesia K001193024 No
Heatubun, C.; John Dransfield, Mark Coode, Bill Baker, Joko Witono & Ransuddin [182] Indonesia K001193029 No
Zona, S.; J. Dransfield, S. Dransfield, R. Maturbongs, A. Keim, E. Wally [669] Indonesia K001193009 No
Heatubun, C.; Maturbongs, R.; Sagisolo, M.; Jitmau, M. [335] Indonesia K000114374 No
Barfod, A.; Allan Damborg [362] Papua New Guinea K001193030 No
Wally, E. [840] Indonesia K001193011 No
Heatubun, C. [88] Indonesia K000525625 No
Gardiner, L.M.; Baker, W.J.; Wanma, J.; Bofra, P.; Severus [419] Indonesia K:SPC-78378.000 No
Johns, R.J.; Tito, Asep [8737] Indonesia K001193022 No
Heatubun, C.; Victor Simbiak, Neville Kemp, Keliopas Krey, Aksamina Yohanita [1052] Indonesia K000667986 No
Kloss [s.n.] Papua New Guinea K000113808 Type Yes
Baker, W.J.; Utteridge, Kage & Gigio [626] Papua New Guinea K001193025 No
Dransfield, J.; Bill Baker, Mark Coode, Charlie Heatubun, Joko Witono & Ransuddin [JD7686] Indonesia K001193020 No
Takeuchi, W.; Kulang, J. [11544] K000207911 No
Utteridge, T.; F.R. Willis, R.J. Johns, P.J. Edwards, Soetrisno, Hamzah, P. Puradyatmika [125] Indonesia K001193012 No
Baker, W.J.; Utteridge, Kage & Gigio [608] Papua New Guinea K001193027 No
Barfod, A. [405] Papua New Guinea K001193028 No
Heatubun, C.; Victor Simbiak, Neville Kemp, Keliopas Krey, Aksamina Yohanita [1041] Indonesia K000667982 No
Witono, J.; John Dransfield, Mark Coode, Bill Baker, Charlie Heatubun & Ransuddin [JK22] Indonesia K001193026 No
Beaman, J. [12197] Indonesia K001193010 No
Heatubun, C.; Maturbongs, R.; Sagisolo, M.; Jitmau, M. [326] Indonesia K000114414 No
Mogea, J.P. [6238] Indonesia K000112675 No
Feb 24, 2000 Baker, W.J. [1054] Indonesia Licuala concinna K:SPC-62134.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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 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

  • Palms of New Guinea

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0