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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis (Bottle Palm)

Synonyms: Mascarena lagenicaulis (homotypic); Mascarena revaughanii

Wikipedia Abstract

Hyophorbe amaricaulis (also known as Loneliest palm) is a species of palm tree of the order Arecales, family Arecaceae, subfamily Arecoideae, tribe Hyophorbeae. It is found exclusively on the island of Mauritius, and only a single surviving specimen has been documented in the Curepipe Botanic Gardens in Curepipe. Thus, this the most gravely threatened species there is, in any kingdom.
View Wikipedia Record: Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  No
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Height [1]  23 feet (7 m)

Predators

Furcaspis mauritiana <Unverified Name>[3]
Leiolopisma telfairii (round island skink)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4VERTEBRATE SEED DISPERSERS IN MAURITIUS: FRUIT TRAITS AND FRUIT TRAIT PREFERENCES, Gabor von Bethlenfalvy, Diploma thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0