Drymophloeus Explained

Drymophloeus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to New Guinea and nearby islands in Samoa and Maluku.^{[1] [2]}

It contains the following species:^[1]

• Drymophloeus litigiosus (Becc.) H.E.Moore - New Guinea, Maluku
• Drymophloeus oliviformis (Giseke) Mart. - New Guinea, Maluku
• Drymophloeus whitmeeanus Becc. - Samoa

formerly included

• Drymophloeus lepidotus H.E.Moore = Veitchia lepidota (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
• Drymophloeus subdistichus (H.E.Moore) H.E.Moore = Veitchia subdisticha (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=64716 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.