Gaussia gomez-pompae

taxobox
status = VU
status_system = IUCN2.3
status_ref = IUCN2007|assessors=Quero, H.J. |year=1998 |id=30974 |title= Gaussia gomez-pompae |downloaded=November 16, 2007 ]
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Gaussia"
species = "G. gomez-pompae"
binomial = "Gaussia gomez-pompae"
binomial_authority = (H.J.Quero) H.J.Quero
synonyms = "Opsiandra gomez-pompae" H.J.Quero|

"Gaussia gomez-pompae" is a palm which is endemic to Mexico.cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=88906&repSynonym_id=141940&name_id=88906&status=true |title= "Gaussia gomez-pompae"|accessdate=2007-11-16 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] The species grows on steep rocky limestone slopes in Oaxaca, Tabasco and Veracruz states in Mexico.cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson |coauthors=Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal|title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 0-691-08537-4 ] The species is classified as vulnerable, and is threatened by habitat destruction and degradation.

"Gaussia gomez-pompae" are 10 to 14 metres tall. Stems are 30 centimetres in diameter. Trees have up to ten pinnately compound leaves. Fruit are orange-red, 1.5 to 1.6 cm in diameter.

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