Basselinia Explained

Basselinia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The entire genus is endemic to the Island of New Caledonia in the Pacific.^[1] In some (but not all) molecular phylogenetic analyses, Hedyscepe from Lord Howe Island is nested in Basselinia.^[2]

List of species

• Basselinia deplanchei (Brongn. & Gris) Vieill
• Basselinia eriostachys (Brongn.) Becc.
• Basselinia favieri H.E.Moore
• Basselinia glabrata Becc.
• Basselinia gracilis (Brongn. & Gris) Vieill.
• Basselinia humboldtiana (Brongn.) H.E.Moore
• Basselinia iterata H.E.Moore
• Basselinia moorei Pintaud & F.W.Stauffer
• Basselinia pancheri (Brongn. & Gris) Vieill
• Basselinia porphyrea H.E.Moore
• Basselinia sordida H.E.Moore
• Basselinia tomentosa Becc.
• Basselinia velutina Becc.
• Basselinia vestita H.E.Moore

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=19957 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Baker, W. J., M. V. Norup, J. J. Clarkson, T. L. P. Couvreur, J. L. Dowe, C. E. Lewis, J. C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M. W. Chase. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships among Arecoid Palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108 (8): 1417–32.