Caryota obtusa

taxobox
name = "Caryota obtusa"

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regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Caryota"
species = "C. obtusa"
binomial = "Caryota obtusa"
binomial_authority = Griff.|

"Caryota obtusa" is a species of flowering plant in the palm family from India, Laos and Thailand. The palm is commonly called Giant fishtail palm or Thai Giant Caryota.

References

* World Checklist of Monocotyledons (Kew), [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=34782&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=34782&status=true&checklist=monocots "Caryota obtusa" Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 480 (1845)] . Accessed 30 April 2008.
* International Plant Names Index, [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=665622-1 Arecaceae "Caryota obtusa" Griff] . Accessed 30 April 2008.
* Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia, [http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Caryota/biggies.html "Caryota" - The Big Ones] . Accessed 30 April 2008.
* Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database, [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Caryota.html Sorting "Caryota" Names] . Accessed 30 April 2008.