Biology:Jubaeopsis
Jubaeopsis afra,[1] the Pondoland palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family (Arecaceae). It belongs to the monotypic genus Jubaeopsis.[2]
It is endemic to South Africa, where it is threatened due to habitat loss.[3] This tree is a living fossil, being the last remaining lineage of the palm trees that were widespread in southern Africa in prehistoric times.[4] A large living specimen is currently found at the Catamaran Resort in San Diego, CA.[5]
Taxonomy
Jubaeopsis is named after King Juba II.[6]
The etymology of the original species name caffra is related to kaffir, an ethnic slur used towards black people in Africa. At the July 2024 International Botanical Congress, a vote was held with the result that "caffra" related names will be emended to afra related ones, with the implementation of this being done at the end of July 2024.[7]
References
- ↑ Callaway, Ewen (2024). "Hundreds of racist plant names will change after historic vote by botanists". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02365-x. PMID 39026072. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02365-x. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ↑ 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. 379. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA379.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 16 November 2021 - ↑ A. E. Marvaldi; R. G. Oberprieler; C. H. C. Lyal; T. Bradbury; R. S. Anderson (2006). "Phylogeny of the Oxycoryninae sensu lato (Coleoptera: Belidae) and evolution of host-plant associations". Invertebrate Systematics 20 (4): 447–476. doi:10.1071/IS05059.
- ↑ visual reference
- ↑ Briones, Julià Molero; Pereira, Trinidad Arcos; Carrasco, María Dolores García de Paso; Reyes-Betancort, Jorge Alfredo; Santos‐Guerra, Arnoldo; Jestrow, Brett; Francisco‐Ortega, Javier (2025-04-30). "On the Macaronesian endemic woody spurge Euphorbia regis‐jubae Webb & Berthel. and eponyms honouring the Numidian King Juba II (48 BCE –23/24 CE)". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. doi:10.1111/CURT.12623. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134297198.
- ↑ McKie, Robin (20 July 2024). "Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants' scientific names" (in en-GB). The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/20/botanists-remove-racist-references-plants-scientific-names.
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