Phoenix andamanensis
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Phoenix andamanensis (andamanensis, Latin, of Andaman) is a rare species of flowering plant in the palm family, from the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal below Myanmar. Found in altitudes from 400 to 675 m, these palms grow in scrubland, usually in sloping terrain. First described in 1999 by Sasha Barrow, the plants superficially resemble P. rupicola.
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- Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN-10: 0881925586 / ISBN-13: 978-0881925586 (page 400)
