Rhopaloblaste augusta

Rhopaloblaste augusta is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found on the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of India.[2][3][4] It is also found in Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore, the Moluccas, New Guinea & the Solomon Islands. In lowland rain forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Rhopaloblaste augusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Rhopaloblaste
Species:
R. augusta
Binomial name
Rhopaloblaste augusta
(Kurz) H.E. Moore
Synonyms[2]
  • Areca augusta Kurz
  • Ptychoraphis augusta (Kurz) Becc.

References

  1. Johnson, D. 1998. Rhopaloblaste augusta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton University press, Princeton and Oxford.


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