Carpoxylon_macrospermum

<i>Carpoxylon</i>

Carpoxylon

Genus of palms

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

Quick Facts Carpoxylon, Conservation status ...

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

Taxonomy

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

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [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.
  3. [3]
    Wendland, H. & Drude, C.G.O (1875) Linnaea 39:177. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. [4]
    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. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00094-8. ISSN 0006-3207.


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