Dypsis carlsmithii

Dypsis carlsmithii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Dypsis
Species: D. carlsmithii
Binomial name
Dypsis carlsmithii
J.Dransf. & Marcus

Dypsis carlsmithii (Stumpy Palm) is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, endemic to the Madagascarian rainforests. It is a rare palm, with fewer than 15 mature individuals identified from two locations in the northeast: Tampolo on the western coast of Masoala Peninsula, and Mahavelona, north of Toamasina. Its trunk grows to 6 m tall and about 40–50 cm in diameter, with mature leaves about 140 cm long by about 80 cm wide.

References

  1. Rakotoarinivo, M. & Dransfield, J. (2012). "Dypsis carlsmithii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T195918A2432467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195918A2432467.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.


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