Pinanga tashiroi

Pinanga tashiroi
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Pinanga
Species: P. tashiroi
Binomial name
Pinanga tashiroi
Hayata

Pinanga tashiroi is a species of palm tree in the Arecaceae family. It is a small tree, up to 5 m (16 ft) tall, swollen at base.[2][3] It is a critically endangered species.

Distribution

Pinanga tashiroi is found only on Orchid Island (Lan Yu) off the southeastern coast of Taiwan ; it is thus endemic to Taiwan.[3]

Its natural habitat is lowland rain forest below 500 m (1,600 ft).[2]

References

  1. China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Pinanga tashiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shengji Pei, Sanyang Chen, Guo Lixiu, John Dransfield & Andrew Henderson. "Pinanga tashiroi". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Liao, Jih-Ching (2000). "Palmae (Arecaceae)". In Huang, Tseng-chieng. Flora of Taiwan 5 (2nd ed.). Taipei, Taiwan: Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition. p. 655-662. ISBN 957-9019-52-5. Retrieved 2 October 2012.