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Latania lontaroides (Red Latan Palm)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Latania lontaroides is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to Réunion. It is also used as an ornamental plant. Its common names include latanier de la Réunion and latanier rouge.
View Wikipedia Record: Latania lontaroides

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Latania lontaroides

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Height [2]  39 feet (12 m)
Fruit Color [2]  Green

Predators

Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (dictyospermum scale)[3]
Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, 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
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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