Pelagodoxa

Pelagodoxa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Genus: Pelagodoxa
Becc.
Species: P. henryana
Binomial name
Pelagodoxa henryana
Becc.

Pelagodoxa henryana is a species of palm tree, and the only species in the genus Pelagodoxa.[1] It is found only in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia,[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. 369. ISBN 9783540640615. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA369. 
  2. ^ D. Johnson (1998). "Pelagodoxa henryana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38627. Retrieved July 20, 2007.