Chrysalidocarpus ankirindro

Chrysalidocarpus ankirindro
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. ankirindro
Binomial name
Chrysalidocarpus ankirindro
(W.J.Baker, Rakotoarin. & M.S.Trudgen) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker
Synonyms[2]

Dypsis ankirindro W.J.Baker, Rakotoarin. & M.S.Trudgen

Chrysalidocarpus ankirindro is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a palm endemic to Madagascar. It known from the Makira Natural Park in northeastern Madagascar, where it grows in moist montane elfin forest, mountain thickets, and on ridge tops on quartzite-derived soils from 650 to 950 metres elevation.[1]

The species was named Dypsis ankirindro by William John Baker, Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, and Melinda S. Trudgen in 2009.[3] In 2022 Baker and Wolf L. Eiserhardt placed the species in genus Chrysalidocarpus as C. ankirindro.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Rakotoarinivo, M.; Dransfield, J. (2012). "Dypsis ankirindro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T195981A2438891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195981A2438891.en. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Chrysalidocarpus ankirindro (W.J.Baker, Rakotoarin. & M.S.Trudgen) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Dypsis ankirindro at www.ipni.org.