Trachycarpus oreophilus

Trachycarpus oreophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Trachycarpus
Species: T. oreophilus
Binomial name
Trachycarpus oreophilus
Gibbons & Spanner (1997)

Trachycarpus oreophilus (also known as Thai mountain fan palm) is a species in the genus Trachycarpus.[1] It is known from two distinct populations, one in northwest Thailand, the other in Manipur in northeastern India.[2] The Manipur population was formerly considered a separate species.[3]

Trachycarpus oreophilus grows on steep mountain sides at elevations of 1,200–1,800 m (3,900–5,900 ft).[4]

References

  1. Gibbons, Martin & Spanner, Tobias W. 1997. Principes; Journal of the (International) Palm Society (Miami, Florida USA) 41: 205, Trachycarpus oreophilus
  2. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Trachycarpus
  3. Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia: Trachycarpus sp. 'Manipur'
  4. B. S. Kholia (March 2012). "Rediscovery of Trachycarpus martianus in the Sikkim Himalaya" (PDF). Palms 56 (1).


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