Manjekia

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]
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]