| Lady palms | |
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| Rhapis humilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Tribe: | Trachycarpeae |
| Genus: | Rhapis L.f. ex Aiton |
| Type species | |
| Rhapis excelsa | |
Rhapis is a genus of about 10 species of small palms native to southeastern Asia from southern Japan and southern China south to Sumatra.[1] The species are commonly known as lady palms. They are fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The plants have thin stems growing to 3–4 m tall, branching at the base, forming clumps and are dioecious,[2] with male and female flowers produced on separate plants.
| Image | Species | Distribution |
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| Rhapis cochinchinensis (Lour.) Mart. | Thailand; Laos; Vietnam | |
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Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) A.Henry | China: Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan; Vietnam; naturalized in Thailand; Japan: Ryukyu Islands |
| Rhapis gracilis Burret | China: Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan; Vietnam | |
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Rhapis humilis Blume | China: Guangxi, Guizhou; Vietnam; naturalized in Japan and Java |
| Rhapis micrantha Becc. | Laos; Vietnam | |
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Rhapis multifida Burret | China: Guangxi, Yunnan |
| Rhapis puhuongensis M.S.Trudgen, T.P.Anh & A.J.Hend. | Vietnam | |
| Rhapis robusta Burret | China: Guangxi; Vietnam | |
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Rhapis subtilis Becc. | Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Indonesia: Sumatra |
| Rhapis vidalii Aver., T.H.Nguyên & P.K.Lôc | Vietnam |
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Henderson, Andrew (2016). "A revision of Rhapis (Arecaceae)". Phytotaxa. 258 (2): 137. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.258.2.3.