Arecaceae
Iguanura

Iguanura tenuis Hodel

First published in Palm J. 136: 11 (1997)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Peninsula Thailand. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Thailand

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2025). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.690.2.1. epublication.
  • Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Saw, L.G. (2023). A revision of the genus Iguanura (Arecaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 75: 73-117. [Cited as Iguanura divergens.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2025). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.690.2.1. epublication.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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