Biology:Phoenix rupicola
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Phoenix |
| Species: | P. rupicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Phoenix rupicola T. Anders.[2]
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Phoenix rupicola (rupicola - Latin, inhabitant of rocks) or cliff date palm is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, native to the mountainous forests of India and Bhutan from Template:Convert abbreviated, usually occurring on cliffs, hillsides and similar terrain. It is threatened by habitat loss in its native range. On the other hand, the species is reportedly naturalised in the Andaman Islands, the Leeward Islands, Cuba and Puerto Rico[3] and a specimen has recently been reported in Saint Lucia.
Description
Phoenix rupicola palm trees grow to 8 metres (26 ft) in height, and Template:Convert abbreviated in width. They are usually clean of leaf bases except near the crown.
Leaves are Template:Convert abbreviated long, Template:Convert abbreviated leaflets, pinnately arranged, on Template:Convert abbreviated pseudo petioles armed with spines. The spines are much less numerous and less vicious than the other Phoenix species.
The fruit is an oblong, yellow to orange drupe, Template:Convert abbreviated long containing a single large seed.
References
- ↑ Johnson, D. (1998). "Phoenix rupicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38629A10140589.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/38629/10140589. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Anderson, Thomas (1869). "An Enumeration of the Palms of Sikkim.". Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany (London) 11 (49): 13–14. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1869.tb00048.x. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/224924.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phoenix rupicola
- Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6 (Page 405)
Wikidata ☰ Q163684 entry
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