Borassodendron

Borassodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Borasseae
Genus: Borassodendron
Becc.

Borassodendron is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It contains two species, native to Southeast Asia.[1][2][3][4]

Species

  1. Borassodendron borneense J.Dransf. - Borneo
  2. Borassodendron machadonis (Ridl.) Becc. - southern Thailand, southern Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ Dennis V. Johnson (1996). "Introduction". Palms: their Conservation and Sustained Utilization. International Union for Conservation of Nature. pp. 1–6. ISBN 978-2-8317-0352-7.
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
  4. ↑ Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.


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