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Verschaffeltia splendida (Latanier slat)

Synonyms: Regelia magnifica; Regelia majestica; Regelia princeps (heterotypic); Stevensonia viridifolia

Wikipedia Abstract

Verschaffeltia splendida is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is the only species in the genus Verschaffeltia. It is found only in Seychelles where it is threatened by habitat loss. The name comes from the Belgian Ambroise Verschaffelt.
View Wikipedia Record: Verschaffeltia splendida

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Height [2]  82 feet (25 m)
Fruit Color [2]  Brown

Predators

Aonidia obtusa[4]
Cephrenes augiades (Orange palmdart)[5]
Ischnaspis longirostris (black line 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
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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