Licuala

Licuala
Licuala grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Corypheae
Genus:	Licuala Wurmb, 1780
Synonyms[1]
Pericycla Blume Dammera K.Schum. & Lauterb.

Licuala ramsayi.

Licuala is a genus of palms commonly found in tropical rainforests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} They are fan palms, with the leaves mostly circular in outline, sometimes undivided but more usually divided into wedge-shaped segments. Licuala acutifida is the source of cane for the walking stick nicknamed the Penang-lawyer by colonials, probably from the Malay phrase pinang liyar for a wild areca, although the term may also refer to the use of these canes as deadly knobkerries to assassinate litigious enemies.^[6]

Species

Approximately 150 species are recognized.^[1]

Licuala acaulis Licuala acuminata Licuala acutifida Licuala adscendens Licuala ahlidurii Licuala angustiloba Licuala anomala Licuala arbuscula Licuala aruensis Licuala atroviridis Licuala averyanovii Licuala bachmaensis Licuala bacularia Licuala bayana Licuala beccariana Licuala bellatula Licuala bidentata Licuala bidoupensis Licuala bifida Licuala bintulensis Licuala bissula Licuala borneensis Licuala bracteata Licuala brevicalyx Licuala cabalionii Licuala calciphila Licuala cameronensis Licuala cattienensis Licuala celebica Licuala centralis Licuala concinna Licuala cordata Licuala corneri Licuala crassiflora Licuala dakrongensis Licuala dasyantha Licuala debilis Licuala densiflora

Licuala distans Licuala egregia Licuala elegans Licuala elegantissima Licuala ellipsoidalis Licuala ferruginea Licuala ferruginoides Licuala flabellum Licuala flavida Licuala flexuosa Licuala fordiana Licuala fractiflexa Licuala furcata Licuala gjellerupii Licuala glaberrima Licuala glabra Licuala gracilis Licuala graminifolia Licuala grandiflora Licuala grandis Licuala hainanensis Licuala hallieriana Licuala hexasepala Licuala insignis Licuala kamarudinii Licuala kemamanensis Licuala khoonmengii Licuala kiahii Licuala kingiana Licuala klossii Licuala kunstleri Licuala lanata Licuala lanuginosa Licuala lauterbachii Licuala leprosa Licuala leptocalyx Licuala linearis Licuala longicalycata

Licuala longiflora Licuala longipes Licuala longispadix Licuala macrantha Licuala magalonii Licuala magna Licuala malajana Licuala manglaensis Licuala mattanensis Licuala merguensis Licuala micholitzii Licuala micrantha Licuala mirabilis Licuala modesta Licuala montana Licuala moszkowskiana Licuala moyseyi Licuala mustapana Licuala nana Licuala naumoniensis Licuala nauroannii Licuala olivifera Licuala oliviformis Licuala oninensis Licuala orbicularis Licuala pachycalyx Licuala pahangensis Licuala palas Licuala paludosa Licuala parviflora Licuala patens Licuala paucisecta Licuala peekelii Licuala peltata Licuala penduliflora Licuala petiolulata Licuala pitta Licuala platydactyla

Licuala polyschista Licuala poonsakii Licuala pulchella Licuala pumila Licuala punctulata Licuala pusilla Licuala radula Licuala ramsayi Licuala reptans Licuala ridleyana Licuala robinsoniana Licuala robusta Licuala rumphii Licuala ruthiae Licuala sallehana Licuala sarawakensis Licuala scortechinii Licuala simplex Licuala spathellifera Licuala spectabilis Licuala spicata Licuala spinosa Licuala steinii Licuala stipitata Licuala stongensis Licuala tanycola Licuala taynguyensis Licuala telifera Licuala tenuissima Licuala terengganuensis Licuala thoana Licuala tiomanensis Licuala tomentosa Licuala tonkinensis Licuala triphylla Licuala urciflora Licuala valida Licuala whitmorei

References

1. 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.
3. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 148, 轴榈属 zhou lü shu, Licuala Wurmb, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 2: 473. 1780
4. Saw, L.G. (2012). A revision of Licuala (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae) in Borneo. Kew Bulletin 67: 577-654.
5. Heatubun, C.D., Barfod, A.S. 2008, Two new species of 'Licuala' (Arecaceae; Coryphoideae) from Western new Guinea. Blumea. 53(2): 429–434.
6. Germplasm Resources Information Network: Licuala