Moratia

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

Moratia cerifera is a species of palm tree endemic to New Caledonia, and the only species in the genus Moratia.[2]

References

  1. ^ T. Jaffré et al. (1998). "Moratia cerifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38612. Retrieved July 20, 2007. 
  2. ^ 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. 370. ISBN 9783540640615. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA370.