Palms

Latania verschaffeltii

Habitat and Distribution Endemic to the Mascarene Island of Rodriguez, where it is threatened by habitat loss. Rodrigues is a semi-autonomous island part of the Republic of Mauritius in the Mascarene archipelago. Description Size: Slowly up to 40 feet...

Lanonia poilanei

A beautiful, new palm described in 2017 from lowland and montane rainforest on steep, rocky slopes between 300 and 1300 m in southern Vietnam. It forms slender, solitary or clustering trunks to about 4 m tall that hold long-stalked,...

Lanonia dasyantha

Habitat and Distribution Vietnam. Lowland rain forests on steep mountain slopes of granite or quartzite rocks; alt. 100-1000 m. Guangxi, Yunnan province. Description Stems solitary or clustered, to 1.5 m tall, to 6 cm in diam., sometimes short and...

Lanonia calciphila

Habitat and Distribution Native to, Vietnam. Endemic to northern Vietnam; (Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, and Son La) in primary, broad-leaved, evergreen forest on steep slopes, often in karst limestone areas, at 1,015 m elevation. Description Stems clustered, to...

Kentiopsis oliviformis

Habitat and Distribution Restricted to central New Caledonia at low elevations (10-300 m.), from Farino to Col des Roussettes on the west side, and from Canala (not recently seen) to Kouaoua on the east side., on volcanic rocky substrate, of ultrmafique...

Kentiopsis pyriformis

Habitat and Distribution Endemic to New Caledonia. Kentiopsis pyriformis, ranges from along the east coast of New    Caledonia south of Yaté, where it occurs in a fringe of forest 20 km. long, and 100-500 m. wide, from Touaourou to Goro...

Johannesteijsmannia perakensis

Habitat and Distribution Endemic to Ipoh (Perak) in NW Peninsular Malaysia, in low mountainous rainforests. NOTE: Johannesteijsmannia perakensis was previously discovered, recorded and believed only to grow in the State of Perak at the Gunung Bubu, and...

Johannesteijsmannia altifrons

Habitat and Distribution Global — Peninsular Malaysia, western Borneo and Sumatra (type). Thailand — PENINSULAR: Songkhla, Yala, Narathiwat. Usually gregarious on hill slopes and ridge tops in hill dipterocarp forest, to 800 m altitude, in...

Hyphaene thebaica

Habitat and Distribution Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, The, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra...

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

Habitat and Distribution Mascarene archipelago; Mauritius Islands. Endemic to Round Island. It naturally inhabits well-drained sandy soils of upland forests and coastal savannas. Description This little dwarf of a palm will grow slowly to a height of...

Guihaia argyrata

Habitat and Distribution China Southeast, and Vietnam. Description Low clustering costapalmate fan palm to about 1 m tall; stem decumbent or erect, very short, about 3-5 cm in diam., sometimes up to 0.5 m tall, with very close leaf scars, the stem...

Geonoma interrupta

Habitat and Distribution Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, and Venezuela. Description Understory palm 3.7 (1.0-8.0) m tall; stems 3.2 (0...