Licuala

Not to be confused with Likouala.
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]
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. 1 2 3 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
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