Medemia argun

Medemia argun
Medemia argun
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Medemia
Species: M. argun
Binomial name
Medemia argun
(Martius) Wurtt. ex H.A. Wendl.

Medemia argun is a rare palm tree species of flowering plant, in the Arecaceae family native to Africa.

The palm's dried dates have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs.

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Distribution

Medemia argun is found only in oases inside of the Nubian Desert, in Egypt and Sudan. [1]

Conservation

The palm is an IUCN red list critically endangered species, due to habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/30401/all iucn: Johnson, D. 1998.; Medemia argun

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