Pseudophoenix lediniana

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Pseudophoenix lediniana
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Pseudophoenix
Species: P. lediniana
Binomial name
Pseudophoenix lediniana
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Pseudophoenix lediniana is a palm species endemic to the L'Ouest Peninsula in southwestern Haiti.[2][3] It is a medium sized tree, 10-20 metres tall, with pinnately compound leaves and solitary stems slightly swollen at the base.[2]

Pseudophoenix lediniana is rare in the wild.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Johnson, D. (1988). Pseudophoenix lediniana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4. 
  3. ^ Pseudophoenix lediniana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.


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