Satakentia

Statkentia liukiuensis
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 (satake palm, yaeyama-yashi [Japanese ヤエヤマヤシ], satakentia palm, yaeyama palm), is a species of palm tree, endemic to Ishigaki Island and Iriomote Island in the Yaeyama Islands, the southwesternmost of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.[1] It is the only species in the genus Satakentia.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 D. Johnson (1998). "Satakentia liukiuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
  2. Andrew Henderson (2009). "Satakentia H.E.Moore". Palms of Southern Asia. Princeton University Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-0-691-13449-9.
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