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Genus of palms
Bentinckia is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. The genus is named after William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck a colonial governor general of British India.[2] There are two species of palms in this genus. namely Bentinckia condapanna and Bentinckia nicobarica.
Distribution
Bentinckia condapanna is endemic to southern Western Ghats, where it occurs in steep rocky slopes in montane rainforests.
Bentinckia nicobarica is restricted to the lowland rainforest in the Nicobar Islands.
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Henderson, A (2009). "Palms of Southern Asia". The New York Botanical Garden. Princeton University Press. Princeton.
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