Chuniophoenix Explained

Chuniophoenix is a genus of palm tree named after Chun Woon-Young, then director of the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. It contains three known species, native to southern China and Vietnam.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} Chuniophoenix is a member of tribe Chuniophoeniceae, a small group of palms that exhibit great morphological diversity and interesting biogeography. The tribe includes four genera: Chuniophoenix with 3 species in China and Vietnam, Kerriodoxa (monotypic) in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, Nannorrhops (monotypic) from Arabia to Afghanistan, and Tahina (monotypic) in Madagascar.^[6]

Image	Name	Distribution
	Chuniophoenix hainanensis Burret	China: Hainan
	Chuniophoenix nana Burret	China: Hainan and northern Vietnam
	Chuniophoenix suoitienensis Henderson	Southern Vietnam

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=40337 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Book: Klaus Kubitzki . 1998 . Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae) . 4 . The families and genera of vascular plants . . 978-3-540-64061-5 . 361 . Palmae . J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl . https://books.google.com/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA361.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107034 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 149, 琼棕属 qiong zong shu, Chuniophoenix Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 13: 583. 1937.
4. Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
5. Henderson. A. 2015. A revision of Chuniophoenix (Arecaceae). Phytotaxa. 218. 2. 163–170. 10.11646/phytotaxa.218.2.6.
6. Dransfield. John. Rakotoarinivo. Mijoro. Baker. William J.. Bayton. Ross P.. Fisher. Jack B.. Horn. James W.. Leroy. Bruno. Metz. Xavier. 2008-01-01. A new Coryphoid palm genus from Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. en. 156. 1. 79–91. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00742.x. 1095-8339. free.