Basselinia

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Basselinia pancheri.jpg

|image_caption = Basselinia pancheri

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Basselinia

|authority = Vieill.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

• Microkentia H.Wendl. ex Hook.f.
• Nephrocarpus Dammer
• Alloschmidia H.E.Moore

}}

Basselinia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The entire genus is endemic to the Island of New Caledonia in the Pacific.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=19957 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] In some (but not all) molecular phylogenetic analyses, Hedyscepe from Lord Howe Island is nested in Basselinia.Baker, W. J., M. V. Norup, J. J. Clarkson, T. L. P. Couvreur, J. L. Dowe, C. E. Lewis, J. C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M. W. Chase. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships among Arecoid Palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108 (8): 1417–32.