Jubaeopsis

taxobox
status = VU
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
subfamilia = Arecoideae
tribus = Cocoeae
genus = "Jubaeopsis"
species = "J. caffra"
binomial = "Jubaeopsis caffra"
binomial_authority = Becc.|

The Pondoland Palm ("Jubaeopsis caffra") is a flowering plant species in the palm family (Arecaceae). It belongs to the monotypic genus "Jubaeopsis".

It is found only in South Africa where it is becoming rare due to habitat loss [Hilton-Taylor "et al." (1998)] . This tree is a living fossil, being the last remaining lineage of the palmtrees that were widespread in southern Africa in prehistoric times [Marvaldi "et al." (2006)] .

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References

*|year=1998|id=30400|title=Jubaeopsis caffra|downloaded=20 July 2007
* (2006): Phylogeny of the Oxycoryninae sensu lato (Coleoptera: Belidae) and evolution of host-plant associations. "Invertebrate Systematics" 20: 447–476. doi|10.1071/IS05059 (HTML abstract)