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{{Short description|Species of palm}} |
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|status = EN |
|status = EN |
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|status_system = IUCN2.3 |
|status_system = IUCN2.3 |
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|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN> |
|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>Moya, C. 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/38572/0 ''Gaussia spirituana''.] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 08 September 2015.</ref> |
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|regnum = [[Plantae]] |
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|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |
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|authority = [[Celio Moya|Moya]] & [[Angela Leiva|Leiva]] |
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|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]] |
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|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]] |
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|ordo = [[Arecales]] |
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|familia = [[Arecaceae]] |
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|species = '''''G. spirituana''''' |
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|binomial = ''Gaussia spirituana'' |
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|binomial_authority = [[Moya]] & [[Leiva]] |
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⚫ | '''''Gaussia spirituana''''' is a [[Arecaceae|palm]] which is [[ |
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⚫ | '''''Gaussia spirituana''''' is a [[Arecaceae|palm]] which is [[endemism|endemic]] to the [[Sierra de Jatibonico]] in east-central [[Cuba]].<ref name=Kew>{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=88910&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=88910&status=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802160357/http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=88910&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=88910&status=true |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-02 |title=''Gaussia spirituana'' |accessdate=2006-12-08 |format= |work=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families }}</ref> |
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⚫ | ''Gaussia spirituana'' stems are whitish, up to 7 metres tall. Stems are |
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⚫ | ''Gaussia spirituana'' stems are whitish, up to 7 metres tall. Stems are 30–35 centimetres in diameter, swollen at the base and tapering upward. Trees have up to ten [[pinnate]]ly compound [[leaf|leaves]]. Fruit are orange-red, 1 cm in diameter.<ref name = Henderson>{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |author-link= Andrew Henderson (botanist) |author2=Gloria Galeano |author2-link=Gloria Galeano |author3=Rodrigo Bernal |author3-link=Rodrigo Bernal |title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 0-691-08537-4 }}</ref> |
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The species is considered [[endangered species|endangered]] based on the fact that only 150 individuals are known to exist, and they are [[habitat fragmentation|fragmented]] into five subpopulations.<ref name=IUCN/> They are also threatened by [[habitat destruction]] and non-native [[pathogen]]s.<ref name=IUCN/> |
The species is considered [[endangered species|endangered]] based on the fact that only 150 individuals are known to exist, and they are [[habitat fragmentation|fragmented]] into five subpopulations.<ref name=IUCN/> They are also threatened by [[habitat destruction]] and non-native [[pathogen]]s.<ref name=IUCN/> |
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[[Category:Gaussia]] |
[[Category:Gaussia (plant)|spirituana]] |
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[[Category:Endemic flora of Cuba]] |
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[[Category:Endangered flora of North America]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:58, 10 March 2021
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Genus: | Gaussia |
Species: | G. spirituana
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Gaussia spirituana |
Gaussia spirituana is a palm which is endemic to the Sierra de Jatibonico in east-central Cuba.[2]
Gaussia spirituana stems are whitish, up to 7 metres tall. Stems are 30–35 centimetres in diameter, swollen at the base and tapering upward. Trees have up to ten pinnately compound leaves. Fruit are orange-red, 1 cm in diameter.[3]
The species is considered endangered based on the fact that only 150 individuals are known to exist, and they are fragmented into five subpopulations.[1] They are also threatened by habitat destruction and non-native pathogens.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Moya, C. 1998. Gaussia spirituana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 08 September 2015.
- ^ "Gaussia spirituana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
- ^ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.