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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Heterospathe

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family: Arecaceae

Three species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Heterospathe elata (Sigisi palm)

Native to the Philippines.

 

Heterospathe negrosensis

Native to the Philippines

 

Heterospathe philippinensis

Native to the Philippines.