Nephrosperma

Nephrosperma
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Genus: Nephrosperma
Balf.f.
Species: N. vanhoutteanum
Binomial name
Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum
Balf.f.

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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. 376. ISBN 9783540640615. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA376. 
  2. ^ P. Murugaiyan (1998). "Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38614. Retrieved July 20, 2007.