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Pelagodoxa

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Pelagodoxa
Pelagodoxa henryana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Pelagodoxeae
Genus: Pelagodoxa
Becc. (1917)

Pelagodoxa is a genus of palm tree. It includes two species, P. henryana, which is native to the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, and P. mesocarpa, which is native to Vanuatu.[1][2]

Mature P. mesocarpa fruit

References

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  1. ^ J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 4. Springer. p. 369. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.
  2. ^ "Reassessment of Pelagodoxa" (PDF). Palms. 63 (3): 113–146. 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2023.