Arecaceae
Licuala

Licuala bakeri Barfod & Heatubun

First published in Phytotaxa 555: 2 (2022)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. New Guinea. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea

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.

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?
Heatubun, C.; John Dransfield, Mark Coode, Bill Baker, Joko Witono & Ransuddin [183] Indonesia K001193016 No
Witono, J.; John Dransfield, Mark Coode, Bill Baker, Charlie Heatubun & Ransuddin [JK6] Indonesia K001193018 No
Baker, W.J.; Mark Coode, Andrew McRobb, Debs Shah-Smith, Charlie Heatubun & Ransuddin [883] Indonesia K001193017 No
Baker, W.J.; Barrow, S.; Maturbongs, R.; Wanggai, J.; Sagisolo, M.; Rustiami, H.; Otto Geisler Wutoi [1059] Indonesia K000112778 No
Widjaja, E.A.; Prawiroatmodjo, T.; Ruskandi, A. [EAW6864] Indonesia K000030570 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 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