Ravenea delicatula

Ravenea delicatula is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it grows in a single location in northwest Madagascar, just east of a town called Andilamena. Here, it grows in a tropical montane forest among bamboo and pandans. There are only about 30 mature trees known in their natural range.[1]

Ravenea delicatula

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Ravenea
Species:
R. delicatula
Binomial name
Ravenea delicatula

References

  1. Rakotoarinivo, M. & Dransfield, J. 2012. Ravenea delicatula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T195916A2432263. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195916A2432263.en. Downloaded on 17 April 2018.


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