Kerriodoxa

Kerriodoxa elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Chuniophoeniceae
Genus:	Kerriodoxa J.Dransf.
Species:	K. elegans
Binomial name
Kerriodoxa elegans J.Dransf.

Kerriodoxa elegans (white backed palm) is the only species of palm tree in the genus Kerriodoxa, in the Arecaceae family.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

It is an endemic species of Thailand, first discovered in the Khao Phra Thaew reserve on 11 March 1929 and described as a new genus and species in 1983.^[6][7]

References

1. Pooma, R. (ed.) (2005). A preliminary check-list of threatened plants in Thailand: 1-193. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. White Backed Palm (Kerriodoxa elegans)
7. Dransfield, John. 1983. Principes 27: 4