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Ptychosperma
Ptychosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or garden plants, and reportedly naturalized in certain regions ( Caribbean, Polynesia, Fiji, Florida).
It contains the following species:
- Ptychosperma ambiguum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – western New Guinea
- Ptychosperma buabe Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma burretianum Essig – D'Entrecasteaux Islands
- Ptychosperma caryotoides Ridl. – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma cuneatum (Burret) Burret – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume – Queensland; naturalized in Florida, Polynesia, Dominican Republic
- Ptychosperma furcatum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma gracile Labill. – Bismarck Archipelago
- Ptychosperma halmaherense Heatubun – Maluku
- Ptychosperma hartmannii Becc. – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma lauterbachii Becc. – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma lineare (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. – New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
- Ptychosperma macrocerum Becc. – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma mambare (F.M.Bailey) Becc. ex Martelli – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma microcarpum (Burret) Burret – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma mooreanum Essig – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma nicolai (Sander ex André) Burret – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma praemorsum Becc. – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma propinquum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli – Aru Islands, Salawati Island, Kai Islands
- Ptychosperma pullenii Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma ramosissimum Essig – Louisiade Archipelago
- Ptychosperma rosselense Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma salomonense Burret – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Ptychosperma sanderianum Ridl. – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma schefferi Becc. ex Martelli – New Guinea
- Ptychosperma streimannii Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma tagulense Essig – Louisiade Archipelago
- Ptychosperma vestitum Essig – Papua New Guinea
- Ptychosperma waitianum Essig – Papua New Guinea