Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Arecales > Arecaceae > Hyophorbe > Hyophorbe verschaffeltii

Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (Palmiste Marron; Spindle Palm)

Synonyms: Areca verschaffeltii (homotypic); Mascarena verschaffeltii; Mascarena verschaffieltii (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (the palmiste marron or spindle palm) is a critically endangered species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is endemic to Rodrigues island, Mauritius, but is widely grown in cultivation.
View Wikipedia Record: Hyophorbe verschaffeltii

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Hyophorbe verschaffeltii

Attributes

Height [1]  39 feet (12 m)

Predators

Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[2]
Icerya aegyptiaca[2]
Ischnaspis longirostris (black line scale)[3]
Lepidosaphes cocculi (cocculus scale)[2]
Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa[2]

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
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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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