Arecaceae
Areca
Areca insignis

Areca insignis var. insignis

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is NW. Borneo. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield, The genus Areca (Palmae: Arecoideae) in Borneo. 1984

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 2, 1991 Coode, M.; Wong, K.M.; et al [6816] Brunei K001195443 No
Feb 7, 1990 Wong, K.M. [WKM548] Brunei K001196499 No
Jan 1, 1984 Beccari, O. [PB3696] Malaysia K000208004 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Beccari, O. [PB3696] Malaysia K000208005 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Beccari, O. [PB3696] Malaysia K000208006 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Beccari, O. [PB3696] Malaysia K000208003 Isotype Yes
Apr 8, 1982 Dransfield, J.; et al [JD5935] Malaysia K001099471 No
Jul 4, 1981 George, R. [S40524] Malaysia K001099474 No
Ilias; Teo, E.T. [S38476] Malaysia K001196497 No
George, R.; et al [S42864] Malaysia K001099473 No
Joffre; Niga, N; Ariffin, K; Hussain, H.O.; Ibrahim, A.; Han, S. [BRUN16748] Brunei K000112570 No
George, R. [S39925] Malaysia K001099477 No
Morshidi [S24077] Malaysia K001099476 No
Petoe, P.; Mity Balton [58] Malaysia K001287284 No
Heatubun, C.; Shalih Rebi [896a] Malaysia K000667458 No
Banyeng [S25089] Malaysia K001196498 No
New Collector; Cowley, E.J., Sands, M.J.S., Awong, Clayton, Salleh [597] Brunei K001099475 No
Ashton, P.S. [S18383] Malaysia K001099472 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

  • 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