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Johannesteijsmannia

Johannesteijsmannia
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een Indonesische jongen poseert naast een palm de Johannesteijsmannia altifrons in een bos op Noord-Sumatra TMnr 60043359.jpg
Johannesteijsmannia altifrons. Photo:Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Corypheae
Genus: Johannesteijsmannia
J.Dransf.
Synonyms
  • Teysmannia Rchb.f. & Zoll. 1858, illegitimate name not Miq. 1857

Johannesteijsmannia is a genus of four species of palms found in tropical rainforests of southern Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. They are fan palms, usually growing without a trunk. The genus was named in honor of Johannes Elias Teijsmann, a Dutch botanist who was director of the Bogor Botanical Gardens from 1830 to 1869.

Species include:




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