Chrysalidocarpus ambanjae

Chrysalidocarpus ambanjae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Chrysalidocarpus
Species:
C. ambanjae
Binomial name
Chrysalidocarpus ambanjae
(Beentje) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker
Synonyms[2]
  • Dypsis ambanjae Beentje
  • Phloga sambiranensis Jum.

Chrysalidocarpus ambanjae is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, endemic to rain forests of northwestern Madagascar. The last specimen was collected more than 80 years ago, and it may be extinct.[3]

The species was first described as Phloga sambiranensis in 1933 by Henri Lucien Jumelle. In 1995 it was published under the name Dypsis ambanjae by Henk Jaap Beentje.[4][5] In 2022 Wolf L. Eiserhardt and William John Baker placed the species in genus Chrysalidocarpus as C. ambanjae.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rakotoarinivo, M.; Dransfield, J. (2012). "Dypsis ambanjae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T38516A2870138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T38516A2870138.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Chrysalidocarpus ambanjae (Beentje) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Johnson, D. (1998). "Dypsis ambanjae in IUCN 2009". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Plant Name Details for Dypsis ambanjae". IPNI. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Plant Name Details for Phloga sambiranensis". IPNI. Retrieved October 3, 2009.