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Carpoxylon






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Carpoxylon

Conservation status


Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]

Scientific classification Edit this 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

H.Wendl. & Drude[2][3]

Carpoxylon macrospermum is a species of palm tree endemictoVanuatu, and the only species in the genus Carpoxylon.[4]

It is an IUCN Red List Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Taxonomy

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This palm was first described by Hermann Wendland and Carl Georg Oscar Drude in 1875 in Linnaea.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  • ^ a b 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.
  • ^ a b 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.

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