Arecaceae
Ptychosperma

Ptychosperma propinquum (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 W. & S. New Guinea (incl. Kep. Aru, Kep. Salawati) to N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland

Introduced into:

Dominican Republic, Fiji, Panamá, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic 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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dowe, J.L. (2006). Personal Communication on Arecaceae1 Townsville, Queensland.
  • Meyer, J.-Y., Lavergne, C. & Hodel, D.R. (2008). Time bombs in gardens: invasive ornamental palms in tropical islands, with emphasis on French Polynesia (Pacific Ocean) and the Mascarenes (Indian Ocean). Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 52: 23-35.
  • Watling, D. (2005). Palms of the Fiji Islands: 1-191. Environmental Consultants (Fiji) Ltd., Suva.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2021 Widjaja, E.A.; Wally; Subari [6020] Indonesia K000112732 No
Dec 1, 2021 Mehen, S. [SM18] Indonesia K000114400 No
Dec 1, 2021 Pleyte, D.R. [246] Indonesia K000112731 No
Aug 1, 2021 Pleyte, D.R. [351] Indonesia K000112730 No
Pullen, R. [7065] K000112727 No
s.coll. [s.n.] New Guinea K:SPC-31559.000 No
Zona, S. [693] K:SPC-75020.000 No
Oct 5, 1956 s.coll. [11350] Singapore Ptychosperma advenum K000697861 Isotype Yes
Baker, W.J. [1188] Ptychosperma macarthurii K000521683 No
Irvine, A.K. [1012] Australia Ptychosperma macarthurii K000667580 No
Gardiner, L.M. [290] Ptychosperma macarthurii K000707073 No
Gardiner, L.M. [295] Ptychosperma macarthurii K:SPC-66820.000 No
Gardiner, L.M. [279] Ptychosperma macarthurii K000707062 No
Chai, P. [S38934] Indonesia Ptychosperma macarthurii K000030262 No
Jeffrey, C. [593] Seychelles Ptychosperma macarthurii K:SPC-22913.000 No
Gardiner, L.M. [295] Ptychosperma macarthurii K:SPC-66886.000 No
Gardiner, L.M. [295] Ptychosperma macarthurii K000707078 No

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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