Carpoxylon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
Tribe: | Areceae |
Subtribe: | Carpoxylinae |
Genus: |
Carpoxylon H.Wendl. & Drude |
Species: | C. macrospermum
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Binomial name | |
Carpoxylon macrospermum |
Carpoxylon macrospermum is a species of palm tree endemic to Vanuatu, and the only species in the genus Carpoxylon. [4]
It is an IUCN Red List Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss. [1]
This palm was first described by Hermann Wendland and Carl Georg Oscar Drude in 1875 in Linnaea. [2] [3]