Chuniophoenix

Chuniophoenix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Chuniophoeniceae
Genus: Chuniophoenix
Burret

Chuniophoenix is a genus of palm tree. It contains three known species, native to southern China and northern Vietnam.[1][2][3][4]

  1. Chuniophoenix hainanensis Burret - Hainan
  2. Chuniophoenix humilis C.Z.Tang & T.L.Wu - Hainan
  3. Chuniophoenix nana Burret - Vietnam

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki. Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants 4. Springer. p. 361. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.
  3. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 149, 琼棕属 qiong zong shu, Chuniophoenix Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 13: 583. 1937.
  4. ↑ Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
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