Carpoxylon

Carpoxylon
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Carpoxylon
H. Wendl. & Drude
Species: C. macrospermum
Binomial name
Carpoxylon macrospermum
H. Wendl. & Drude

Carpoxylon macrospermum is a species of palm tree endemic to Vanuatu, and the only species in the genus Carpoxylon.[1] 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. 361. ISBN 9783540640615. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA361. 
  2. ^ J. L. Dowl (1998). "Carpoxylon macrospermum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38465. Retrieved July 20, 2007.