Which genus features more species, Pritchardia or Miltoniopsis?
Pritchardia The genus Pritchardia (Family Arecaceae) consists of between 24-40 species of fan palms (tribe Corypheae) found on tropical Pacific Ocean islands in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuamotus, and most diversely in Hawaii. The generic name honors William Thomas Pritchard (1829-1907), a British consul at Fiji.
Platydesma Platydesma is a genus of plants in family Rutaceae. Evidence from 2009 indicates that "Platydesma" is nested within the related genus "Melicope" and is sister to all Hawaiian "Melicope" species. And while "Melicope" species are dioecious (individual plants only bear either male or female flowers), the flowers of "Platydesma" are hermaphroditic, suggesting a rare evolutionary reversion away from dioecy in "Platydesma". While they have no medicinal purposes; the board of water supply states that they can be used for a shrub.