Arecaceae

Livistona R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 267 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NE. Tropical Africa, S. Yemen, Bangladesh to Japan and Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Somalia, Taiwan, Thailand, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Florida, Hawaii, India, Kazan-retto, KwaZulu-Natal, Marianas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bacon, C.D. & Baker, W.J. (2011). Saribus resurrected. Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 55: 109-116.
  • Dowe, J.L. (2009). A taxonomic account of Livistona R.Br. (Arecaceae). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 60: 185-344.
  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

Flora of Somalia

  • Dransfield & Uhl in Kew Bull. 38: 199–200 (1983).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 29, 2003 unknown [s.n.] India K000209615 No
Sep 29, 2003 Rutherford, S.; Bandara, M.M.P. [R71] Sri Lanka K000209897 No
Aug 4, 2003 Wendland, H. [s.n.] K000209986 Yes
Jun 9, 2003 Rutherford, S.; Bandara, M.M.P. [R90] Sri Lanka K000209896 No
Sep 1, 1996 Dransfield, J. [JDs.n.] Thailand K000209894 No
Oct 7, 1993 Matthew, K.M. [RHT54183] India K000209895 No
Mar 6, 1979 Lazarides, M. [8552] Australia K000209832 No
Rutherford, S. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000209892 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-70000.280 No
Smith, G.; Sumawong, W. [GC144] Thailand K:SPC-53723.000 No
Dransfield, J. [6568] Brunei K:SPC-29047.896 No
illegible; [Flippawa] [s.n.] K000209987 Yes
Rutherford, S.; Bandara, M.M.P. [R130] Sri Lanka K000209893 No
Hencell [s.n.] Indonesia K000209899 No
Baker, W.J.; et al. [851] Indonesia K:SPC-63992.000 No
Irvine, A.K. Australia K:SPC-47258.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8620] K001125980 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [8620] K000209616 No
Wilkin, P. [1027] Thailand K:SPC-64202.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0