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yellow latan palm
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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

yellow latan palm

Latania verschaffeltii

The yellow latan palm (Latania verschaffeltii) is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is found only on Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Mauritius, 560 km east of the Island of Mauritius. It is, however, cultivated in other places as an ornamental. in the wild, the species is threatened by habitat loss.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 365484.