What is "wallichia"

Wallichia as described by A. P. de Candolle is now '' Eriolaena.

Wallichia is a genus of seven species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae (palm) family. The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China.

1. Wallichia caryotoides Roxb. - Bangladesh, Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand
2. Wallichia disticha T.Anderson - Bangladesh, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
3. Wallichia gracilis Becc. - Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam
4. Wallichia lidiae A.J.Hend - Bago region of Myanmar
5. Wallichia marianneae Hodel - Thailand
6. Wallichia nana Griff - Bangladesh, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
7. Wallichia oblongifolia Griff. - Himalayas of northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Yunnan
8. Wallichia triandra (J.Joseph) S.K.Basu. - Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet