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Kerriodoxa elegans

Kerriodoxa elegans
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Chuniophoeniceae
Genus: Kerriodoxa
J.Dransf.
Species: K. elegans
Binomial name
Kerriodoxa elegans
J.Dransf.

Kerriodoxa elegans (white backed palm) is the only species of palm tree in the genus Kerriodoxa, in the Arecaceae family.

It is an endemic species of Thailand, first discovered in the Khao Phra Thaew reserve on 11 March 1929 and described as a new genus and species in 1983.



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