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Latania verschaffeltii (Yellow Latan Palm)

Synonyms: Cleophora verschaffeltii (homotypic); Latania aurea; Latania flavescens

Wikipedia Abstract

The yellow latan palm (Latania verschaffeltii) is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It is found only on Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Mauritius, 560 km east of the Island of Mauritius. It is, however, cultivated in other places as an ornamental. in the wild, the species is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Latania verschaffeltii

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Latania verschaffeltii

Attributes

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

Predators

Eucalymnatus tessellatus (tessellated scale)[3]
Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[3]
Ischnaspis longirostris (black line scale)[3]
Laminicoccus portiludovici <Unverified Name>[3]
Turdus smithi (Karoo Thrush)[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
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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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