Cyphokentia Explained

Cyphokentia is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek words meaning "tumor" and "Kentia", a former palm genus, and the species name translates to "large" and "spike", describing the inflorescence.^[1] The genus has two known species and Its closest relative is Clinosperma,^[2] also endemic to New Caledonia, and the sole other genus of the subtribe Clinospermatinae.

List of species

• Cyphokentia cerifera
• Cyphokentia macrostachya

External links

• Cyphokentia on NPGS/GRIN
• GBIF Portal]
• Fairchild Guide to Palms: Cyphokentia
• PACSOA: Cyphokentia macrostachya
• Kew Plant List
• IPNI Listing

Notes and References

1. Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. /
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.