Carpoxylon

Carpoxylon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Genus: Carpoxylon
Species: C. macrospermum
Binomial name
Carpoxylon macrospermum

Carpoxylon macrospermum is a species of palm tree endemic to Vanuatu, and the only species in the genus Carpoxylon.[1]

It is a IUCN Red List Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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. 361. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.
  2. ↑ Dowe, J.L. (1998). "Carpoxylon macrospermum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T38465A10120829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38465A10120829.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.


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