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|image = Bentinckia condapanna.jpg
|image = Bentinckia condapanna.jpg
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|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|taxon = Bentinckia
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|authority = Berry ex Roxb.
|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
|synonyms = ''[[Keppleria]]'' <small>Mart. ex Endl.</small>
|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
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|ordo = [[Arecales]]
|familia = [[Arecaceae]]
|genus = '''''Bentinckia'''''
|genus_authority=Berry ex Roxb.
|synonyms=''[[Keppleria]]'' <small>Mart. ex Endl.</small>
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'''''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==
==Distribution==

''[[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 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.


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[[Category:Arecaceae genera]]
[[Category:Arecaceae genera]]
[[Category:Flora of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Flora of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Iguanurinae]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]



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Bentinckia
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]

Keppleria Mart. ex Endl.

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

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.

References

  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.