Corypha taliera

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Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Corypha
Species: C. taliera
Binomial name
Corypha taliera
Roxb. DC.

Corypha taliera is a species of palm, native to India (Bengal). There is one last plant left of this extinct species, which is protected and grows in the scrub jungle on the Dhaka University campus, Bangladesh.

[edit] Source

Johnson, D. 1998. Corypha taliera. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [www.iucnredlist.org www.iucnredlist.org]