Alsmithia

Alsmithia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Alsmithia
H.E.Moore
Species: A. longipes
Binomial name
Alsmithia longipes
H.E.Moore

Alsmithia longipes is a species of palm tree, and the only species in the genus Alsmithia.[1] It is found only in Fiji, where it is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. 371. ISBN 9783540640615. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA371. 
  2. ^ D. Fuller (1998). "Alsmithia longipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/39024. Retrieved July 20, 2007.