Clinosperma macrocarpa

Clinosperma macrocarpa
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Clinosperma
Species:	C. macrocarpa
Binomial name
Clinosperma macrocarpa (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & W.J.Baker
Synonyms
Lavoixia macrocarpa H.E.Moore

Clinosperma macrocarpa is a species of palm tree known from a single population at around 500 metres (1,600 ft) altitude on Mont Panié, New Caledonia. It was described as the only species in the genus Lavoixia,^[1] but has since been moved to genus Clinosperma.^[2][3] It is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.^[4]

References

1. ^ J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki. Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. 4. Springer. p. 372. ISBN 9783540640615. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA372. 
2. ^ Michael Heads (2010). "The endemic plant families and the palms of New Caledonia: a biogeographical analysis" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography 37 (7): 1239–1250. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02292.x. http://www.sciencebuff.org/content/files/science-pdf/Heads/Heads%202010%20New%20Caledonia%20families.pdf. 
3. ^ Jean-Christophe Pintaud & William J. Baker (2008). "A revision of the palm genera (Arecaceae) of New Caledonia". Kew Bulletin 63 (1): 61–73. doi:10.1007/s12225-007-9009-3. 
4. ^ T. Jaffré et al. (1998). "Lavoixia macrocarpa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/{{{id}}}. Retrieved July 20, 2007. 

External links

• Clinosperma macrocarpa in Flore et Faune de Nouvelle-Calédonie.