Latania verschaffeltii
Encyclopedia
The Yellow Latan Palm is a species of flowering plant
in the Arecaceae
family.
It is found only in Mauritius
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Arecaceae
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
family.
It is found only in Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Johnson, D. 1998. Latania verschaffeltii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.