Biology:Carpoxylon

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Short description: Genus of palms

Carpoxylon
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Scientific classification edit
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 endemic to Vanuatu, and the only species in the genus Carpoxylon.[4]

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. 1.0 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/38465/10120829. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 3.0 3.1 Wendland, H. & Drude, C.G.O (1875) Linnaea 39:177. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. J. Dransfield; N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". in Klaus Kubitzki. Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. 4. Springer. p. 361. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA361. 

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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1936507 entry