| Rhopalostylis | |
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| Flowers and fruit of Rhopalostylis sapida | |
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: | Rhopalostylidinae |
| Genus: | Rhopalostylis H.Wendl. & Drude[1] |
| Species | |
Rhopalostylis is a genus of two species of palms native to the South Pacific. Both are smooth-trunked, with regular ringed scars from fallen leaves. The leaves are 3–5 m in length, and the leaf bases encircle the trunk.
- ^ H.A. Wendland & Drude, Linnaea 39:180, 234. 1875 Type:R. baueri