Saribus

Saribus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Trachycarpeae
Genus: Saribus
Blume[1]
Synonyms[2]

Saribus is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia and Pacific Islands.[2] They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets.[3]

Livistona is closely related to the genus Saribus, and for the past century and half Saribus was included in Livistona. Recent studies, however, have advocated separating the two groups.[2][3] The generic epithet Saribus comes from a local name in one of the Maluku languages, sariboe, as recorded by the Dutch.[4]

Anáhaw (Saribus rotundifolius) is the unofficial national leaf of the Philippines.[5]

  1. ^ "Saribus". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Govaerts, Rafaël H. A. (2019). "Saribus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Bacon, Christine D.; Baker, William J. (14 September 2011). "Saribus resurrected". Palms. 55 (3): 109–116. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ Whitmore, T.C. (1979). Palms of Malaya. 2nd impression (2 ed.). Petaling Jaya: Oxford University Press. pp. 72, 73. ISBN 0-19-580368X.
  5. ^ "Philippine National Symbols or Mga Pambansang Sagisag Ng Pilipinas". 2016-03-14. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2021-05-04.