Phoenix andamanensis

taxobox
name = "Phoenix andamanensis"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Phoenix"
species = "P. andamanensis"
binomial = "Phoenix andamanensis"
binomial_authority = Barrow|

"Phoenix andamanensis" (andamanensis, Latin, of Andaman) is a rare species of flowering plant in the palm family, from the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal below Myanmar. Found in altitudes from 400 to 675 m, these palms grow in scrubland, usually in sloping terrain. First described in 1999 by Sasha Barrow, the plants superficially resemble "P. rupicola".

External links

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?415079 USDA Site]

References

*Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) "An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms". Portland: Timber Press. ISBN-10: 0881925586 / ISBN-13: 978-0881925586 (page 400)