Bentinckia

Bentinckia
Bentinckia condapanna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Genus: Bentinckia
Berry ex Roxb.
Synonyms[1]

Keppleria Mart. ex Endl.

Bentinckia is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. The genus is named after William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck a colonial governor general of British India.[2] There are two species of palms in this genus. namely Bentinckia condapanna and Bentinckia nicobarica.

Distribution

Bentinckia condapanna is endemic to southern Western Ghats, where it occurs in steep rocky slopes in montane rainforests.

Bentinckia nicobarica is restricted to the lowland rainforest in the Nicobar Islands.

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Henderson, A (2009). "Palms of Southern Asia". The New York Botanical Garden. Princeton University Press. Princeton.


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