| Licuala | |
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| Licuala grandis | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Arecales | 
| Family: | Arecaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae | 
| Tribe: | Trachycarpeae | 
| Genus: | Licuala Wurmb, 1780  | 
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Licuala is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands.[1][2][3][4][5]
Description and uses
Licuala spp. are fan palms, with the leaves mostly circular in outline, sometimes undivided but more usually divided into wedge-shaped segments. Licuala acutifida is the source of cane for the walking stick nicknamed the Penang-lawyer by colonials, probably from the Malay phrase pinang liyar for a wild areca, although the term may also refer to the use of these canes as deadly knobkerries to assassinate litigious enemies.[6] Several species of Licuala have been transferred into a new genus Lanonia.[7]
Species
Plants of the World Online currently (February 2021) includes 167 accepted species:[8]
- Licuala acuminata Burret
 - Licuala acutifida Mart.
 - Licuala adscendens Barfod & Heatubun
 - Licuala ahlidurii Saw
 - Licuala angustiloba Burret
 - Licuala anomala Becc.
 - Licuala aruensis Becc.
 - Licuala atrovirens Saw
 - Licuala atroviridis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala averyanovii A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala bachmaensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala bacularia Becc.
 - Licuala bayana Saw
 - Licuala beccariana (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Furtado
 - Licuala bellatula Becc.
 - Licuala bidentata Becc.
 - Licuala bidoupensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala bifida Heatubun & Barfod
 - Licuala bintulensis Becc.
 - Licuala bissula Miq.
 - Licuala borneensis Becc.
 - Licuala bracteata Gagnep.
 - Licuala brevicalyx Becc.
 - Licuala bruneiana Saw
 - Licuala burretii Saw
 - Licuala cabalionii Dowe
 - Licuala caespitosa A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala cameronensis Saw
 - Licuala campestris Saw
 - Licuala cattienensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala celebica Miq.
 - Licuala chaiana Saw
 - Licuala collina Saw
 - Licuala concinna Burret
 - Licuala cordata Becc.
 - Licuala corneri Furtado
 - Licuala crassiflora Barfod
 - Licuala dakrongensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & B.V.Thanh
 - Licuala debilis Becc.
 - Licuala densiflora Becc.
 - Licuala distans Ridl.
 - Licuala egregia Saw
 - Licuala elegans Blume
 - Licuala ellipsoidalis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala elliptica Saw
 - Licuala exigua Saw
 - Licuala ferruginea Becc.
 - Licuala ferruginoides Becc.
 - Licuala flammula Saw
 - Licuala flavida Ridl.
 - Licuala flexuosa Burret
 - Licuala fordiana Becc.
 - Licuala fractiflexa Saw
 - Licuala gjellerupii Becc.
 - Licuala glaberrima Gagnep.
 - Licuala glabra Griff.
 - Licuala graminifolia Heatubun & Barfod
 - Licuala grandiflora Ridl.
 - Licuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl.
 - Licuala hallieriana Becc.
 - Licuala honbaensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala honheoensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala insignis Becc.
 - Licuala intermedia Saw
 - Licuala kamarudinii Saw
 - Licuala kemamanensis Furtado
 - Licuala khoonmengii Saw
 - Licuala kiahii Furtado
 - Licuala kingiana Becc.
 - Licuala klossii Ridl.
 - Licuala kuchingensis Saw
 - Licuala kunstleri Becc.
 - Licuala lambii Saw
 - Licuala lamdongensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala lanata J.Dransf.
 - Licuala lanuginosa Ridl.
 - Licuala lauterbachii Dammer & K.Schum.
 - Licuala leopoldii Saw
 - Licuala leprosa Dammer ex Becc.
 - Licuala leptocalyx Burret
 - Licuala leucocarpa Saw
 - Licuala linearis Burret
 - Licuala longicalycata Furtado
 - Licuala longiflora A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala longipes Griff.
 - Licuala longispadix Banka & Barfod
 - Licuala macrantha Burret
 - Licuala maculata Saw
 - Licuala magna Burret
 - Licuala malajana Becc.
 - Licuala mattanensis Becc.
 - Licuala meijeri Saw
 - Licuala merguensis Becc.
 - Licuala micholitzii Ridl.
 - Licuala micrantha Becc.
 - Licuala mirabilis Furtado
 - Licuala miriensis Saw
 - Licuala modesta Becc.
 - Licuala montana Dammer & K.Schum.
 - Licuala moszkowskiana Becc.
 - Licuala moyseyi Furtado
 - Licuala mukahensis Saw
 - Licuala mustapana Saw
 - Licuala nana Blume
 - Licuala naumannii Burret
 - Licuala naumoniensis Becc.
 - Licuala nuichuaensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala olivifera Becc.
 - Licuala oliviformis Becc.
 - Licuala oninensis Becc.
 - Licuala orbicularis Becc.
 - Licuala oryzoides Saw
 - Licuala pachycalyx Burret
 - Licuala pahangensis Furtado
 - Licuala palas Saw
 - Licuala paludosa Griff.
 - Licuala parviflora Dammer ex Becc.
 - Licuala parvula A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
 - Licuala patens Ridl.
 - Licuala paucisecta Burret
 - Licuala peekelii Lauterb.
 - Licuala peltata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.
 - Licuala penduliflora (Blume) Zipp. ex Blume
 - Licuala petiolulata Becc.
 - Licuala pilosa Saw
 - Licuala pitta Barfod & Pongsatt.
 - Licuala platydactyla Becc.
 - Licuala polyschista K.Schum. & Lauterb.
 - Licuala poonsakii Hodel
 - Licuala pseudovalida Saw
 - Licuala pulchella Burret
 - Licuala pumila Blume
 - Licuala punctulata Burret
 - Licuala pusilla Becc.
 - Licuala radula Gagnep.
 - Licuala ramsayi (F.Muell.) Domin
 - Licuala reptans Becc.
 - Licuala rheophytica Saw
 - Licuala ridleyana Becc.
 - Licuala robinsoniana Becc.
 - Licuala robusta Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.
 - Licuala rubiginosa Saw
 - Licuala rumphii Blume
 - Licuala ruthiae Saw
 - Licuala sabahana Saw
 - Licuala sallehana Saw
 - Licuala sarawakensis Becc.
 - Licuala scortechinii Becc.
 - Licuala simplex (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Becc.
 - Licuala spathellifera Becc.
 - Licuala spectabilis Miq.
 - Licuala spicata Becc.
 - Licuala spinosa Wurmb
 - Licuala steinii Burret
 - Licuala stipitata Burret
 - Licuala stongensis Saw
 - Licuala tanycola H.E.Moore
 - Licuala taynguyensis Barfod & Borchs.
 - Licuala telifera Becc.
 - Licuala tenuissima Saw
 - Licuala terengganuensis Saw
 - Licuala thoana Saw & J.Dransf.
 - Licuala tiomanensis Furtado
 - Licuala triphylla Griff.
 - Licuala urciflora Barfod & Heatubun
 - Licuala whitmorei Saw
 - Licuala yiiana Saw
 
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
 - ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 - ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 148, 轴榈属 zhou lü shu, Licuala Wurmb, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 2: 473. 1780
 - ↑ Saw, L.G. (2012). A revision of Licuala (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae) in Borneo. Kew Bulletin 67: 577-654.
 - ↑ Heatubun, C.D., Barfod, A.S. 2008, Two new species of 'Licuala' (Arecaceae; Coryphoideae) from Western new Guinea. Blumea. 53(2): 429–434.
 - ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Licuala Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
 - ↑ Henderson, Andrew J.; Bacon, Christine D. (2011). "Lanonia (Arecaceae: Palmae), a New Genus from Asia, with a Revision of the Species". Systematic Botany. 36 (4): 883–895. doi:10.1600/036364411x604903. JSTOR 41416905. S2CID 84318474.
 - ↑ Plants of the World Online: Licuala Wurmb (Retrieved 7 February 2021)
 


