Chuniophoenix

Chuniophoenix
Chuniophoenix hainanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Chuniophoeniceae
Genus:	Chuniophoenix Burret
Type species
Chuniophoenix hainanensis

Chuniophoenix is a genus of palm tree named after Chun Woon-Young, then director of the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. It contains three known species, native to southern China and Vietnam.[1][2][3][4][5] Chuniophoenix is a member of tribe Chuniophoeniceae, a small group of palms that exhibit great morphological diversity and interesting biogeography. The tribe includes four genera: Chuniophoenix with 3 species in China and Vietnam, Kerriodoxa (monotypic) in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, Nannorrhops (monotypic) from Arabia to Afghanistan, and Tahina (monotypic) in Madagascar.[5][6]

Image	Name	Distribution
	Chuniophoenix hainanensis Burret	China: Hainan
	Chuniophoenix nana Burret	China: Hainan and northern Vietnam
	Chuniophoenix suoitienensis Henderson	Southern Vietnam

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 4. Springer. p. 361. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.
3. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 149, 琼棕属 qiong zong shu, Chuniophoenix Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 13: 583. 1937.
4. Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
5. Henderson, A (2015). "A revision of Chuniophoenix (Arecaceae)" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 218 (2): 163–170. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.218.2.6.
6. Dransfield, John; Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro; Baker, William J.; Bayton, Ross P.; Fisher, Jack B.; Horn, James W.; Leroy, Bruno; Metz, Xavier (2008-01-01). "A new Coryphoid palm genus from Madagascar". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (1): 79–91. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00742.x. ISSN 1095-8339.