Pritchardiopsis

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

Pritchardiopsis jeanneneyi is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, and the only species in the genus Pritchardiopsis.[1] It is found only in New Caledonia, where only one mature specimen survives in its native habitat. The cause of its rarity in the wild is because its meristem is edible.[2]

References

  1. ^ A. A. Anderberg, B. G. Baldwin, R. G. Bayer et al. (2007). "Pritchardiopsis Becc.". In Joachim W. Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey. Flowering plants: Eudicots; Asterales. The families and genera of vascular plants. 8. Springer. p. 330. ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VhUZnM8S47IC&pg=PA330. 
  2. ^ T. Jaffré et al. (1998). "Pritchardiopsis jeanneneyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38658. Retrieved November 1, 2011.