Hyophorbe Explained

Hyophorbe is a genus of five known species of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. All five species can attain heights of over 6 meters, and two of the species develop swollen trunks that have made them popular as ornamentals,^{[1] [2]} but all of them are endangered in the wild.

It contains the following species:^[1]

1. Hyophorbe amaricaulis Mart. – Mauritius, 1 individual left
2. Hyophorbe indica Gaertn. (palmiste poison) – Réunion
3. Hyophorbe lagenicaulis (L.H.Bailey) H.E.Moore (bottle palm) – Mauritius
4. Hyophorbe vaughanii L.H.Bailey – Mauritius
5. Hyophorbe verschaffeltii H.Wendl. (palmiste marron) – Rodrigues Island

Species gallery

Source:^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Hyophorbe World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Hyophorbe
2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1–223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. C.Lewis, Barboza, N. (2000). ldentity of the Hyophorbe Palms at the Botanical Garden of Cienfuegos, Cuba Palms 44. p.95.