Gaussia maya

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status = VU
status_system = IUCN2.3
status_ref = IUCN2007|assessors=Quero, H.J. |year=1998 |id=38571 |title= Gaussia maya |downloaded=November 16, 2007 ]
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Gaussia"
species = "G. maya"
binomial = "Gaussia maya"
binomial_authority = (O.F.Cook) H.J.Quero & Read
synonyms = "Opsiandra maya" O.F.Cook|

"Gaussia maya" is a palm which is native to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=88907&repSynonym_id=141941&name_id=88907&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 in rocky areas on limestone soils.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 princeps" are 5 to 20 metres tall. Stems are gray, 10 to 15 (sometimes 30) centimetres in diameter. Trees have six to eight pinnately compound leaves. Fruit are red, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Stems are used for construction.

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