Biology:Carpoxylon
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Short description: Genus of palms
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Carpoxylon macrospermum | |
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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wendland, H. & Drude, C.G.O (1875) Linnaea 39:177. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ↑ 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
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