Hyophorbe verschaffeltii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	LILIOPSIDA	ARECALES	PALMAE

Scientific Name:

Hyophorbe verschaffeltii

Species Authority:

H.A. Wendl.

Common Name/s:

French

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Palmiste Marron

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered C2a ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Johnson, D.
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Fewer than 60 individuals remain in the wild, occurring in Grand Montagne, Anse Quitor and Ravine de la Cascade, St Louis.
Countries:	Native: Mauritius (Rodrigues)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Limestone areas.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is no evidence of regeneration and grazing pressures are strong. There is also a threat of hybridisation with the introduced H. lagenicaulis. The species is of commercial interest as an ornamental.

Major Threat(s):

There is no evidence of regeneration and grazing pressures are strong. There is also a threat of hybridisation with the introduced H. lagenicaulis. The species is of commercial interest as an ornamental.

Citation:	Johnson, D. 1998. Hyophorbe verschaffeltii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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