Carpoxylon Explained

Carpoxylon macrospermum is a species of palm tree endemic to Vanuatu, and the only species in the genus Carpoxylon.^[1]

It is an IUCN Red List Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy

This palm was first described by Hermann Wendland and Carl Georg Oscar Drude in 1875 in Linnaea.

Further reading

• Dowe. John L.. Benzie. John. Ballment. Elizabeth. Ecology and genetics of Carpoxylon macrospermum H. Wendl. & Drude (Arecaceae), an endangered palm from Vanuatu. Biological Conservation. 79. 2–3. 1997. 205–216. 0006-3207. 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00094-8. 1997BCons..79..205D .

Notes and References

1. Book: Klaus Kubitzki . 1998 . Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae) . 4 . The families and genera of vascular plants . . 978-3-540-64061-5 . 361 . Palmae . J. Dransfield . N. W. Uhl . amp . https://books.google.com/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA361.