Wallichia


Wallichia is a genus of eight species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. In 2016, it was proposed that its species should be included within the genus Arenga, but as of 2024 this was not accepted by Plants of [the World Online].

Species

The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China.
ImageScientific nameDistribution
Wallichia caryotoides Roxb.Bangladesh, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand
Wallichia disticha T.AndersonBangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
Wallichia gracilis Becc.China: Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam
Wallichia lidiae A.J.HendBago region of Myanmar
Wallichia marianneae HodelThailand
Wallichia nana GriffBangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
Wallichia oblongifolia Griff.Himalayas of northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China: Yunnan
Wallichia triandra S.K.Basu.India: Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet [Autonomous Region|Tibet]