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Bentinckia
	Bentinckia condapanna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Areceae
Genus:	Bentinckia; Berry ex Roxb.
Synonyms
	Keppleria Mart. ex Endl.

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Bentinckia is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. The genus is named after William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck a colonial governor general of British India.^[2] There are two species of palms in this genus. namely Bentinckia condapanna and Bentinckia nicobarica.

Distribution[edit]

Bentinckia condapanna is endemic to southern Western Ghats, where it occurs in steep rocky slopes in montane rainforests.

Bentinckia nicobarica is restricted to the lowland rainforest in the Nicobar Islands.

References[edit]

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Henderson, A (2009). "Palms of Southern Asia". The New York Botanical Garden. Princeton University Press. Princeton.

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[1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Henderson, A (2009). "Palms of Southern Asia". The New York Botanical Garden. Princeton University Press. Princeton.

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+{{Short description|Genus of palms}}
-{{taxobox
+{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
+{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
+{{Automatic taxobox
 |image = Bentinckia condapanna.jpg
+|image_caption = ''[[Bentinckia condapanna]]''
-|regnum = [[Plantae]]
+|display_parents = 2
-|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
+|taxon = Bentinckia
-|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
+|authority = Berry ex Roxb.
-|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
+|synonyms = ''Keppleria'' <small>Mart. ex Endl.</small>
-|ordo = [[Arecales]]
+|synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=20600 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
-|familia = [[Arecaceae]]
-|genus = '''''Bentinckia'''''
-|genus_authority=Berry ex Roxb.
-|synonyms=''[[Keppleria]]'' <small>Mart. ex Endl.</small>
-|synonyms_ref=<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=20600 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
 |}}
-'''''Bentinckia''''' is a genus of [[palm (plant)|palm]]s in the [[Arecaceae]] family. The genus is named after [[William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck]] a colonial governor general of [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Henderson, A|year=2009|title=Palms of Southern Asia.|journal= The New York Botanical Garden. Princeton University Press. Princeton}}</ref> There are two species of palms in this genus namely ''[[Bentinckia condapanna]]'' and ''[[Bentinckia nicobarica]]''.
+'''''Bentinckia''''' is a genus of [[palm (plant)|palm]]s in the family [[Arecaceae]]. The genus is named after [[William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck]] a colonial governor general of [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Henderson, A|year=2009|title=Palms of Southern Asia.|journal= The New York Botanical Garden. Princeton University Press. Princeton}}</ref> There are two species of palms in this genus. namely ''[[Bentinckia condapanna]]'' and ''[[Bentinckia nicobarica]]''.
 ==Distribution==
+''[[Bentinckia condapanna]]'' is [[endemic]] to southern [[Western Ghats]], where it occurs in steep rocky slopes in [[South Western Ghats montane rain forests|montane rainforests]].
-''[[Bentinckia condapanna]]'' is an [[endemic]] to southern [[Western Ghats]] where it occurs in steep rocky slopes of the high altitude rainforest region while ''[[Bentinckia nicobarica]]'' is restricted lowland rainforest of [[Nicobar Islands|Nicobar]] Islands.
+''[[Bentinckia nicobarica]]'' is restricted to the [[Nicobar Islands rain forests|lowland rainforest]] in the [[Nicobar Islands]].
 ==References==
-{{Reflist|2}}
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Arecaceae genera}}
 {{Taxonbar|from=Q1936623}}
 [[Category:Bentinckia| ]]
 [[Category:Arecaceae genera]]
-[[Category:Flora of the Western Ghats]]
+[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
-[[Category:Iguanurinae]]