Nephrosperma

Nephrosperma
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Genus:	Nephrosperma Balf.f.
Species:	N. vanhoutteanum
Binomial name
Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum Balf.f.

Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum is a species of palm tree, and the only species in the genus Nephrosperma.^[1] It is found only in Seychelles,^[1], where it is threatened by habitat loss.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 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. 376. ISBN 9783540640615. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA376. 
2. ^ "Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1998. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38614. Retrieved July 20, 2007.