Dransfieldia

Dransfieldia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Genus: Dransfieldia
W.J. Baker & Zona[1]
Species:
D. micrantha
Binomial name
Dransfieldia micrantha
(Becc.) W.J.Baker & Zona
Synonyms[2]
  • Ptychosperma micranthum Becc.
  • Rhopaloblaste micrantha (Becc.) Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Heterospathe micrantha (Becc.) H.E.Moore

Dransfieldia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family from western New Guinea where the lone species Dransfieldia micrantha grows in dense rain forest. Discovered in 1872, 134 years passed before DNA testing revealed its proper placement. With no close relatives, it is a delicate, pinnate-leaved palm named after John Dransfield, former palm expert at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens.

  1. ^ W.J. Baker & Zona, Syst. Bot. 31:61 (2006)
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families