# Wallichia

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{{Short description|Genus of palms}}
{{hatnote|''Wallichia'' as described by [A. P. de Candolle](/source/A._P._de_Candolle) is now ''[Eriolaena](/source/Eriolaena)''.}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Gardenology.org-IMG 1025 rbgs10dec.jpg
|image_caption = ''Wallichia densiflora''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Wallichia
|authority = [Roxb.](/source/William_Roxburgh)
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=yeti/>
|synonyms =
* ''Harina'' <small>Buch.-Ham.</small>
* ''Wrightea'' <small>Roxb.</small>
* ''Asraoa'' <small>J.Joseph</small>
|type_species =''[Wallichia caryotoides](/source/Wallichia_caryotoides)''
}}

'''''Wallichia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of eight species of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant) in the family [Arecaceae](/source/Arecaceae).<ref name=POWO_31556-1>{{Cite POWO|title=''Wallichia'' Roxb..|id=31556-1|access-date=2024-04-21|mode=cs1}}</ref> In 2016, it was proposed that its species should be included within the genus ''[Arenga](/source/Arenga)'',<ref name="BeyondGP2">{{Cite journal|last=Baker|first=William J.|last2=Dransfield|first2=John|date=2016|title=Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|volume=182|issue=2|pages=207–233|doi=10.1111/boj.12401|doi-access=free}}</ref> but {{As of|2024|April|lc=yes}} this was not accepted by [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online).<ref name=POWO_31556-1/>

==Species==
The genus is distributed in the Eastern [Himalayas](/source/Himalayas), northern [Indochina](/source/Indochina), and southern [China](/source/China).<ref name=yeti>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=214124 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=134740 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 152, <big>瓦理棕属</big> wa li zong shu, ''Wallichia'' Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 3: 91. 1820. ]</ref><ref>Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.</ref><ref>Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 11(3): 323-498. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! Image !! Scientific name !!Distribution
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| ||''[Wallichia caryotoides](/source/Wallichia_caryotoides)'' <small>Roxb.</small> ||[Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh), China: [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar), [Thailand](/source/Thailand)
|-
|120px ||''[Wallichia disticha](/source/Wallichia_disticha)'' <small>T.Anderson</small> || Bangladesh, [Bhutan](/source/Bhutan), India: [Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Arunachal_Pradesh), [Assam](/source/Assam), China: Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, [Laos](/source/Laos)
|-
| ||''[Wallichia gracilis](/source/Wallichia_gracilis)'' <small>[Becc.](/source/Odoardo_Beccari)</small> ||China: [Guangxi](/source/Guangxi), Yunnan, [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)
|-
| ||''[Wallichia lidiae](/source/Wallichia_lidiae)'' <small>A.J.Hend</small> ||[Bago](/source/Bago%2C_Burma) region of Myanmar
|-
| ||''[Wallichia marianneae](/source/Wallichia_marianneae)'' <small>Hodel</small> ||Thailand
|-
| ||''[Wallichia nana](/source/Wallichia_nana)'' <small>Griff</small> ||Bangladesh, Bhutan, India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
|-
|120px ||''[Wallichia oblongifolia](/source/Wallichia_oblongifolia)'' <small>Griff.</small>||[Himalayas](/source/Himalayas) of northern and eastern India, [Nepal](/source/Nepal), Bangladesh, Bhutan, China: Yunnan
|-
| ||''[Wallichia triandra](/source/Wallichia_triandra)'' <small>(J.Joseph) S.K.Basu.</small> ||India: Arunachal Pradesh, [Tibet](/source/Tibet_Autonomous_Region)
|-
|}

==References==
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