Arenga
Encyclopedia
Arenga is a genus of 24 species of palms
, native to tropical regions of southern and southeastern Asia
. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2-20 m tall, with pinnate leaves
2-12 m long.
Species
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
, native to tropical regions of southern and southeastern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2-20 m tall, with pinnate leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
2-12 m long.
Species
- Arenga australasica
- Arenga brevipes
- Arenga caudata
- Arenga distincta
- Arenga engleri
- Arenga hastata
- Arenga hookeriana
- Arenga listeriArenga listeriArenga listeri, the Lister's Palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is named after naturalist Joseph Jackson Lister.It is endemic to Christmas Island and is threatened by habitat loss....
- Arenga longicarpa
- Arenga longipes
- Arenga micranthaArenga micranthaArenga micrantha, also known as the Tibetan Sugar Palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, found in the Cloud forests of Tibet, Bhutan, and North-East India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, between 1400 and 2150 m...
- Arenga microcarpa
- Arenga mindorensis
- Arenga nana
- Arenga obtusifolia
- Arenga pinnataArenga pinnataArenga pinnata is an economically important feather palm native to tropical Asia, from eastern India east to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the east...
- Arenga plicata
- Arenga porphyrocarpa
- Arenga retroflorescens
- Arenga talamauensis
- Arenga tremula
- Arenga undulatifolia
- Arenga westerhoutii
- Arenga wightiiArenga wightiiArenga wightii is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It is found almost exclusively in India.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Johnson, D. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....