The Genus Licuala Wurmb (Arecaceae) in Java

Sri Sudarmiyati Tjitrosoedirdjo,Etti Sartina Siregar

doi:10.31258/jnat.13.3.226-231

Sri Sudarmiyati Tjitrosoedirdjo, Etti Sartina Siregar

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https://doi.org/10.31258/jnat.13.3.226-231

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Abstract

The comprehensive revision of the genus has been done in the Malay Peninsula, New Guinea, Sumatra andKalimantan. In Java, the revision of Licuala has never been recently completed. This study was based onmorphological characters of specimens which are preserved in Herbarium Bogoriense. The several living collectionscultivated in Bogor Botanical Garden were studied. The aim of this study is to ascertain the correct names andimprove the species delimitation of Licuala in Java. The result shows that there are three species of Licuala inJava. They are L. gracilis, L. pumila and L. spinosa. Two previously known species have been placed into synonymies;L. flabellum to L. gracilis, and L. spectabilis to L. spinosa. Licuala gracilis is endemic for west Java.

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IntroductionLicuala is a genus belonging to the family Arecaceae (a conserved alternative name for the Palmae), subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae and sub tribe Livistoninae (Uhl & Dransfield, 1987)
Licuala is a genus belonging to the family Arecaceae, subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae and sub tribe Livistoninae (Uhl & Dransfield, 1987)
Specimens of Licuala which were collected from Java by the previous collector, fresh materials from Bogor Botanical Garden and some other areas in Java were the major materials for examinations

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Introduction

Licuala is a genus belonging to the family Arecaceae (a conserved alternative name for the Palmae), subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae and sub tribe Livistoninae (Uhl & Dransfield, 1987). All species of Licuala are understorey palms. The genus does not survive under open conditions and commonly found in the lowland forest. Some species are found in the other forest types, such as L. spinosa in open moist place and L. glabra in the hill stations. Some species of this genus such as L. acutifida, L. grandis, L. paludosa and L. spinosa, are used as ornaments, decoration, roofing, food-wrappers, walking sticks, binding, making hats and eaten as vegetable (Burkill, 1935; Whitmore, 1973; Dransfield, 1976; Saw, 1997)

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