Pinanga purpurea is a species of palm tree in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Sumatra.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The species was described in 2002.Hendra, Medi. 2002. Floribunda 2(2): 31 The name Pinanga purpurea had previously applied by Miquel in 1861Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1861. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Eerste Bijvoegsel, Flora Indiae Batavae, 3: 590 to another species, now called Cyrtostachys renda. Miquel's name, however, was listed as a synonym without description, hence not validly published. Therefore, Hendra's 2002 name stands as a legitimate name, not a homonym.
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