Arecaceae
Ptychosperma

Ptychosperma keiense (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli

First published in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 41: 710 (1934 publ. 1935)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Maluku (Kep. Kai) to W. & CS. New Guinea (incl. Kep. Aru). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Maluku, New Guinea

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Ptychosperma propinquum.]

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 1, 2021 van Balgooy, M.M.J. [6599] Indonesia K000030261 No
Dec 1, 2021 Beccari, O. [s.n.] Indonesia K000113817 Type Yes
Dec 1, 2021 Maturbongs, R.A.; Wanggai, J.; Wally, E. [RAM657] Indonesia K000114363 No
Dec 1, 2021 Zona, S.; Dransfield, J.; Dransfield, S.; Maturbongs, R.; Kiem, A.; Jitmau, M. [694] Indonesia K000112733 No
Dec 1, 2021 Johns, R.J.; Soetjipto; Muljono; Jitmau, M.; Warpur, M. [7773A] Indonesia K001282147 No
Dec 1, 2021 Zona, S.; Dransfield, J.; Dransfield, S.; Maturbongs, R.; Kiem, A.; Jitmau, M. [693] Indonesia K000112752 No
Heatubun, C.; Devi Manuhua, Judien Tigibalom, Lasarus Kubewa, Naftali Isoga, Yulianus Surbay, Rahman Fitmatan. [1105] Indonesia K000667996 No

Sources

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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