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  9. ›Rhopalostylidinae
Rhopalostylis
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Rhopalostylis

Rhopalostylis is a genus of two species of palms native to the South Pacific. Both are smooth-trunked, with regular ringed scars from fallen leaves. The leaves are 3–5 m in length, and the leaf bases encircle the trunk.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Nīkau palm

speciesRhopalostylis sapida

Kermadec Island Nikau

speciesRhopalostylis baueri

Rhopalostylis cheesemanii

speciesRhopalostylis cheesemanii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85283.