Satakentia

Statkentia liukiuensis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Satakentia
H.E.Moore
Species: S. liukiuensis
Binomial name
Satakentia liukiuensis
(Hatus.) H.E. Moore
Synonyms

Gulubia liukiuensis Hatus.

Satakentia liukiuensis is a species of palm tree, endemic to Ishigaki Island and Iriomote Island in the Yaeyama Islands, the southwesternmost of the Nansei Islands, Japan.[1] It is the only species in the genus Satakentia.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b D. Johnson (1998). "Satakentia liukiuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38695. Retrieved July 20, 2007. 
  2. ^ Andrew Henderson (2009). "Satakentia H.E.Moore". Palms of Southern Asia. Princeton University Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 9780691134499. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=O8_HfArx3PEC&pg=PA165.