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Attalea crassispatha

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA LILIOPSIDA ARECALES PALMAE

Scientific Name: Attalea crassispatha
Species Authority: (Mart.) Burret
Synonym/s:
Orbignya crassispatha (Mart.) Glassman

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered D ver 2.3
Year Published: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Johnson, D.
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Confined to the south-west peninsula of Haiti. In 1996, fewer than 30 individuals were found in two adjacent river valleys.
Countries:
Native:
Haiti
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: A palm tree of lowland forest in river valleys.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The species is threatened by encroaching agriculture and local exploitation of the edible seeds.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is in cultivation at the Fairchild Tropical Garden, but the mature palms do not flower.
Citation: Johnson, D. 1998. Attalea crassispatha. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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