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Livistona jenkinsiana

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Livistona jenkinsiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Tribe: Trachycarpeae
Genus: Livistona
Species:
L. jenkinsiana
Binomial name
Livistona jenkinsiana
Occurrence data from GBIF
Synonyms[3]
  • Latania jenkinsiana (Griff.) Paxton & Lindl.
  • Saribus jenkinsianus (Griff.) Kuntze
  • Livistona jenkinsii Griff. ex Mart.
  • Livistona moluccana Schaedtler

Livistona jenkinsiana (Major Jenkins' fan palm) is a species of fan palm in the family Arecaceae.[4]

Description

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A tall Livistona jenkensiana at Sangu Reserve Forest, Bangladesh

It is a palm with large fan-shaped leaves on spiny petioles. It is very similar to L. speciosa in its leaves and the downward curving spines on the petioles of its leaves, but it is distinguished from this species by its fruit colour (leaden-blue vs turquoise-iridescent), by its fruit being wider than long vs longer than wide, and by the branching of its infructescence which is to the third-order rather than the fourth.

Distribution

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The species is native to Bangladesh (Chittagong), Myanmar, in India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal), Bhutan, China (Yunnan) and Thailand (northern and peninsular).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Griffith, W. (1845). "The Palms of British East India - Livistona". Calcutta Journal of Natural History. 5: 334.
  2. ^ IPNI: Livistona jenkinsiana, International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Govaerts, R et.al. (2019). Plants of the world online: Livistona jenkinsiana. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ Dowe, John Leslie (2009). "A taxonomic account of Livistona R.Br. (Arecaceae)" (PDF). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 60: 247–249. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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