Latania verschaffeltii

Species of palm

Latania verschaffeltii

Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Arecales
Family:  | Arecaceae
Genus:  | Latania
Species:  |

L. verschaffeltii

Binomial name
Latania verschaffeltii

Lemaire

Synonyms[2]

Cleophora verschaffeltii (Lem.) O.F.Cook

Latania verschaffeltii, the yellow latan palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only on Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Mauritius, 560 km east of the Island of Mauritius.[3][4] It is, however, cultivated in other places as an ornamental.[5] In the wild, the species is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Tatayah, V.; Jhangeer-Khan, R.; Bégué, J.A. (2021). "Latania verschaffeltii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T38590A164117223. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T38590A164117223.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ^ The Plant List, Latania verschaffeltii
3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Latania verschaffeltii
4. ^ Charles LeMaire. 1859. L'illustration horticole 6: t. 229., Latania verschaffeltii
5. ^ Cook, Orator Fuller. 1941. National Horticultural Magazine Henning, Minnesota, USA) 20: 52, in caption to illustration, Cleophora verschaffeltii

Taxon identifiers

Latania verschaffeltii|

* Wikidata: Q2235278
* Wikispecies: Latania verschaffeltii
* ARKive: latania-verschaffeltii
* BOLD: 412084
* CoL: 3SHVR
* EoL: 1142205
* FNA: 242413524
* GBIF: 2739287
* GRIN: 21540
* iNaturalist: 365484
* IPNI: 667787-1
* ISC: 119999
* IUCN: 38590
* NCBI: 292678
* Open Tree of Life: 348741
* Plant List: kew-108916
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667787-1
* Tropicos: 100213390
* WFO: wfo-0000224066

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