Manjekia
| Manjekia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Ptychospermatinae |
| Genus: | Manjekia W.J.Baker & Heatubun[2] |
| Species: | M. maturbongsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Manjekia maturbongsii (W.J.Baker & Heatubun) W.J.Baker & Heatubun[1]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Adonidia maturbongsii W.J.Baker & Heatubun | |
Manjekia is a monotypic genus of palm for a species of palm native to Biak island, Indonesia, off the northwest coast of New Guinea. The genus was proposed in 2014.[4]
Its sole species is Manjekia maturbongsii, which was first described in 2012 as Adonidia maturbongsii.[1] The specific epithet honours Rudi Maturbongs for his contributions to the study of palms in Biak.[3] In 2014, the original authors decided that it was sufficiently distinct to be transferred from Adonidia to its own genus, Manjekia.[5] The transfer has been accepted by sources such as Plants of the World Online.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Plant Name Details for Manjekia maturbongsii". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Plant Name Details for Manjekia". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ a b c "Manjekia maturbongsii W.J.Baker & Heatubun". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Heatubun, Charlie; Zona, Scott; Baker, William (1 September 2014). "Three new genera of arecoid palm (Arecaceae) from eastern Malesia". Kew Bulletin. 69 (3): 9525. Bibcode:2014KewBu..69.9525H. doi:10.1007/S12225-014-9525-X. S2CID 255564718.
- ^ Wong, Khoon Meng; Sugau, John Baptist; Low, Yee Wen (2015). "Adonidia dransfieldii, a threatened new palm from Sabah, Borneo". Palms. 59 (1): 5–14.
