| Ptychococcus | |
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| Ptychococcus paradoxus fruits | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Ptychospermatinae |
| Genus: | Ptychococcus Becc.[1] |
| Species | |
Ptychococcus is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. They are closely related to Ptychosperma, only differentiated by the seed shape and endocarp type.[2] The name is a combination of the Greek for "fold" and the Latin for "berry".[3]
- ^ Beccari, Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2:100. 1885.
- ^ Uhl, Natalie W. and Dransfield, John (1987) Genera Palmarum - A classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. ISBN 0-935868-30-5 / ISBN 978-0-935868-30-2
- ^ Riffle, Robert L.; Paul Craft (2003). An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6.