Wallichia

Wallichia as described by A. P. de Candolle is now Eriolaena.

Wallichia is a genus of eight species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.^[2] In 2016, it was proposed that its species should be included within the genus Arenga,^[3] but as of April 2024^[update] this was not accepted by Plants of the World Online.^[2]

Wallichia
Wallichia densiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Caryoteae
Genus:	Wallichia Roxb.
Type species
Wallichia caryotoides
Synonyms[1]
Harina Buch.-Ham. Wrightea Roxb. Asraoa J.Joseph

Species

The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China.^{[1][4][5][6][7]}

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Wallichia caryotoides Roxb.	Bangladesh, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand
	Wallichia disticha T.Anderson	Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
	Wallichia gracilis Becc.	China: Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam
	Wallichia lidiae A.J.Hend	Bago region of Myanmar
	Wallichia marianneae Hodel	Thailand
	Wallichia nana Griff	Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
	Wallichia oblongifolia Griff.	Himalayas of northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China: Yunnan
	Wallichia triandra (J.Joseph) S.K.Basu.	India: Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet