Carpoxylon
| Carpoxylon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Carpoxylinae |
| Genus: | Carpoxylon H.Wendl. & Drude |
| Species: | C. macrospermum |
| Binomial name | |
| Carpoxylon macrospermum | |
Carpoxylon macrospermum is a species of palm tree endemic to Vanuatu, and the only species in the genus Carpoxylon.
It is an IUCN Red List Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
This palm was first described by Hermann Wendland and Carl Georg Oscar Drude in 1875 in Linnaea.
References
- 1 2 Dowe, J.L. (1998). "Carpoxylon macrospermum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998 e.T38465A10120829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38465A10120829.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- 1 2 Govaerts, R. et al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Carpoxylon macrospermum. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- 1 2 Wendland, H. & Drude, C.G.O (1875) Linnaea 39:177. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ↑ J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 4. Springer. p. 361. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.
Further reading
- Dowe, John L.; Benzie, John; Ballment, Elizabeth (1997). "Ecology and genetics of Carpoxylon macrospermum H. Wendl. & Drude (Arecaceae), an endangered palm from Vanuatu". Biological Conservation. 79 (2–3): 205–216. Bibcode:1997BCons..79..205D. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00094-8. ISSN 0006-3207.
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