Wallichia triandra

Wallichia triandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Wallichia
Species: W. triandra
Binomial name
Wallichia triandra
(Joseph) S.K. Basu
Synonyms[2]

Wallichia triandra is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family that is native to South Tibet in China and also to the neighboring Arunachal Pradesh region of India.[3][4][5]

Description

The plant is 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall and 3–5 centimetres (1.2–2.0 in) wide while its rachis is 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length. Its rachillae are 20–30 centimetres (7.9–11.8 in) in length and the flowers are as big as 4 millimetres (0.16 in). Fruits are red and oblong.[2]

References

  1. "Wallichia triandra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1998. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Wallichia triandra". Flora of China. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  3. Kew World Checlist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.


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