Jubaeopsis | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
Tribe: | Cocoeae |
Genus: | Jubaeopsis Becc. |
Species: | J. caffra |
Binomial name | |
Jubaeopsis caffra Becc. |
The Pondoland Palm (Jubaeopsis caffra) is a flowering plant species in the palm family (Arecaceae). It belongs to the monotypic genus Jubaeopsis.[2]
It is found only in South Africa where it is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[1] This tree is a living fossil, being the last remaining lineage of the palm trees that were widespread in southern Africa in prehistoric times.[3]