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Ravenea delicatula

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Species of palm

Ravenea delicatula
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Ravenea
Species: R. delicatula
Binomial name
Ravenea delicatula
Beentje

Ravenea delicatula is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it grows in a single location in northwest Madagascar, just east of a town called Andilamena. Here, it grows in a tropical montane forest among bamboo and pandans. There are only about 30 mature trees known in their natural range.

References

  1. ^ Rakotoarinivo, M.; Dransfield, J. (2012). "Ravenea delicatula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T195916A2432263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195916A2432263.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Ravenea delicatula


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