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Verschaffeltia splendida
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Verschaffeltia splendida ("Latanier Latte" or stilt palm) is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is the only species in the genus Verschaffeltia.
Species
Near ThreatenedSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Common Name: latanier haubans
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- NCZP, BPBM, JBRJ, NY, B, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Seychelles, French Polynesia, Brasil, Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Verschaffeltia splendida.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- taxon name
- Verschaffeltia splendida
- Commons category
- Verschaffeltia splendida
- taxon common name
- 竹马刺椰
- short name
- V. splendida
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Encyclopedic overview
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Verschaffeltia splendida ("Latanier Latte" or stilt palm) is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Verschaffeltia splendida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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