Rhopaloblaste Explained

Rhopaloblaste is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to New Guinea, Melanesia and Southeast Asia.^{[1] [2]}

It contains the following species:^[1]

• Rhopaloblaste augusta (Kurz) H.E.Moore - Nicobar Islands, Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore, the Moluccas, New Guinea & the Solomon Islands
• Rhopaloblaste ceramica (Miq.) Burret - New Guinea, Maluku
• Rhopaloblaste elegans H.E.Moore - Solomon Islands
• Rhopaloblaste gideonii Banka - New Ireland
• Rhopaloblaste ledermanniana Becc. - New Guinea
• Rhopaloblaste singaporensis (Becc.) Hook.f. - Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=178275 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.