Licuala caespitosa A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Vietnam

• State/Province

  Da Nang

• County/Municipio

  Hoa Vang (Distr.)

• Locality

  Ba Na-Nui Chua Nature Reserve, road to summit.

• Elevation

  Alt. 350 m. (1148 ft.)

• Coordinates

  16, 108.03

• Location Notes

  [Tropical Asia]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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NEWVORKBO-TANICAL garden
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PALMS OF VIETNAM
Vietnam. Da Nang City, Hoa Vang District, Ba Na-Nui Chua Nature Reserve, road to summit,
steep forested slopes, 16°00’N, 108°02’E, ca. 350 m elevation, forest on steep slopes, 20th April
2017.
Licuala sp. nov.
Stems clustered, 3 m tall, 5 cm diameter. Petioles 165 cm long, spiny for only about 30 cm
proximally; blade 95 cm across; segments long, narrow, equally wide, 28-32 per leaf, the central
one petiolulate. Inflorescences erect amongst the leaves, 120 cm long, with 3 partial
inflorescences; rachillae not hairy; flowers yellow.
A. Henderson & Nguyen Quoc Dung 4211
Field work carried out in collaboration with the Forest Planning and Inventory Institute and
funded by the International Palm Society and the National Geographic Society.
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