Ponapea hentyi
Species of palm
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Ponapea hentyi is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
| Ponapea hentyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Ponapea |
| Species: | P. hentyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ponapea hentyi (Essig) C.Lewis & Zona | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The species was first described as Ptychosperma hentyi by Frederick Burt Essig in 1987.[2] The Latin specific epithet of hentyi refers to plant collector and botanist E.E. Henty, (fl. 1969).[3] In 2011 Carl E. Lewis and Scott Zona placed the species in genus Ponapea as P. hentyi.[2]
