Manjekia
Genus of palms
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Manjekia is a monotypic genus of palm for a species of palm native to Biak island, Indonesia, off the northwest coast of New Guinea. The genus was proposed in 2014.[4]
| Manjekia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Ptychospermatinae |
| Genus: | Manjekia W.J.Baker & Heatubun[1] |
| Species: | M. maturbongsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Manjekia maturbongsii (W.J.Baker & Heatubun) W.J.Baker & Heatubun[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Adonidia maturbongsii W.J.Baker & Heatubun | |
Its sole species is Manjekia maturbongsii, which was first described in 2012 as Adonidia maturbongsii.[2] The specific epithet honours Rudi Maturbongs for his contributions to the study of palms in Biak.[3] In 2014, the original authors decided that it was sufficiently distinct to be transferred from Adonidia to its own genus, Manjekia.[5] The transfer has been accepted by sources such as Plants of the World Online.[3]