Kentiopsis Explained

Kentiopsis is a genus of palm trees endemic to New Caledonia.^{[1] [2]} Relationships between Kentiopsis and the other genera of subtribe Archontophoenicinae, including the Australian Archontophoenix and the New Caledonia endemic Chambeyronia and Actinokentia are unresolved.^[3]

It contains four known species:^[1]

• Kentiopsis magnifica (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & Hodel
• Kentiopsis oliviformis (Brongn. & Gris) Brongn.
• Kentiopsis piersoniorum Pintaud & Hodel
• Kentiopsis pyriformis Pintaud & Hodel

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=105863 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 .
3. Domenech, B., C. B. Asmussen-Lange, W. J. Baker, E. Alapetite, J. C. Pintaud, and S. Nadot. (2014) A Phylogenetic Analysis of Palm Subtribe Archontophoenicinae (Arecaceae) Based on 14 DNA Regions.” Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (4): 469–81.