Orania ravaka

Orania ravaka
seeds
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Orania
Species:	O. ravaka
Binomial name
Orania ravaka Beentje[2]

Orania ravaka is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is found only in northeast Madagascar in lowland rainforest, with as many as 500 individuals as of 1998.^[1]

Sources

1. ^ ^{a b} Assessors: Dransfield, J. & Beentje, H.J. (1998). "Orania ravaka in IUCN 2010". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38623/0. Retrieved May 21, 2011. 
2. ^  Orania ravaka was first described and published in Palms of Madagascar 119 (1995). (J. Dransfield & H. Beentje) "Plant Name Details for Orania ravaka". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=985328-1. Retrieved May 21, 2011. "Distribution: Madagascar" 

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External links

• Photo of Orania ravaka at the Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia website
• Photo of sprouting seeds from the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research