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Rhapis
Rhapis is a genus of about 10 species of small palms native to southeastern Asia from southern Japan and southern China south to Sumatra. The species are commonly known as Lady Palms. They are fan palms (Corypheae tribe), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The plants have thin stems growing to 3–4 m tall, branching at the base, forming clumps and are dioecious, with male and female...
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Little Lady Palm
speciesRhapis excelsa

Slender Lady Palm
speciesRhapis humilis

Rhapis multifida
speciesRhapis multifida

Rhapis gracilis
speciesRhapis gracilis

Rhapis micrantha
speciesRhapis micrantha
Rhapis subtilis
speciesRhapis subtilis
Rhapis puhuongensis
speciesRhapis puhuongensis
Rhapis robusta
speciesRhapis robusta
Rhapis vidalii
speciesRhapis vidalii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 272942.