Plectocomia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 134, 钩叶藤属 gou ye teng shu, Plectocomia Martius ex Schultes & J. H. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1333. 1830.
Species The genus contains the following known species:Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Plectocomia assamica - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar Plectocomia billitonensis - Belitung Plectocomia bractealis - Assam Plectocomia dransfieldiana - Perak Plectocomia elmeri - Palawan, Mindanao Plectocomia elongata - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines(synonym P. khasyana - Assam) Plectocomia himalayana - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Laos, Thailand Plectocomia longistigma - Java Plectocomia lorzingii - Sumatra Plectocomia macrostachya - Myanmar Plectocomia microstachys - Hainan Plectocomia mulleri - Borneo, Malaysia Plectocomia pierreana - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan Plectocomia pygmaea - Kalimantan
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