Satakentia

Satakentia liukiuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Satakentia
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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T38695A10139569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38695A10139569.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  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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