- Gaussia maya
taxobox
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 andGuatemala .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 onlimestone 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 byhabitat destruction and degradation."Gaussia princeps" are 5 to 20
metre s tall. Stems are gray, 10 to 15 (sometimes 30)centimetre s in diameter. Trees have six to eightpinnate ly compound leaves. Fruit are red, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Stems are used for construction.References
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