</s> ▁Liv ist ona ▁is ▁a ▁genus ▁of ▁pal ms ▁( family ▁A rec aceae ), ▁native ▁to ▁southern , ▁sout he astern ▁and ▁eastern ▁Asia , ▁Austral asia , ▁and ▁the ▁Horn ▁of ▁Africa . ▁They ▁are ▁fan ▁pal ms , ▁the ▁leaves ▁with ▁an ▁armed ▁pet io le ▁termin ating ▁in ▁a ▁rounded , ▁cost ap alm ate ▁fan ▁of ▁numerous ▁leaf lets . ▁ ▁Liv ist ona ▁is ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁genus ▁Sar ibus , ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁Sar ibus ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁Liv ist ona . ▁Rec ent ▁studies , ▁however , ▁have ▁advoc ated ▁separ ating ▁the ▁two ▁groups . ▁ ▁Liv ist ona ▁species ▁are ▁used ▁as ▁food ▁plants ▁by ▁the ▁lar va e ▁of ▁some ▁Le pid optera ▁species ▁including ▁Bat rach ed ra ▁aren os ella ▁( record ed ▁on ▁L . ▁sub glob osa ) ▁and ▁Pays andis ia ▁arch on . ▁ ▁K ho ▁( L . ▁spe ci osa ) ▁is ▁the ▁tree ▁of ▁K ha o ▁K ho ▁District ▁in ▁Th ailand . ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁The ▁genus ▁was ▁established ▁by ▁Robert ▁Brown ▁in ▁his ▁Pro d rom us ▁Flora e ▁Nov ae ▁Holland iae ▁( 1 8 1 0 ) ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁his ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁two ▁species ▁collected ▁during ▁an ▁expedition ▁to ▁Australia . ▁The ▁names ▁published ▁by ▁Brown ▁were ▁Liv ist ona ▁hum ilis ▁and ▁L . ▁in erm is , ▁describing ▁material ▁he ▁had ▁collected ▁in ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁Australia , ▁a ▁partial ▁tax