Reinhardtia

Summary

Reinhardtia is a genus in the palm family native to the northern Neotropics. It is a primarily Central American genus with five species distributed between southern Mexico and the extreme north of Colombia, and one isolated species, Reinhardtia paiewonskiana in the southwest of the Dominican Republic.[1]

Reinhardtia
Reinhardtia paiewonskiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Reinhardtieae
Genus: Reinhardtia
Liebm.
Synonyms[1]
  • Malortiea H.Wendl.

Species edit

  • Reinhardtia elegans Liebm. - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Honduras
  • Reinhardtia gracilis (H.Wendl.) Burret - Central America, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz, Colombia
  • Reinhardtia koschnyana (H.Wendl. & Dammer) Burret - Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
  • Reinhardtia latisecta (H.Wendl.) Burret - Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  • Reinhardtia paiewonskiana Read, Zanoni & M.M.Mejía - Dominican Republic
  • Reinhardtia simplex (H.Wendl.) Burret - Chiapas, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • "Reinhardtia Liebm., Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider 1845: 9 (1846)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2007-02-16.