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{{Short description|Species of palm}}
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|status = EN
|status = EN
|status_system = IUCN2.3
|status_system = IUCN2.3
|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN2007|assessors=Moya, C. |year=1998 |id=38572 |title= Gaussia spirituana |downloaded=November 16, 2007 }}</ref>
|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>
|genus = Gaussia
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|species = spirituana
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|authority = [[Celio Moya|Moya]] & [[Angela Leiva|Leiva]]
|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
}}
|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
|ordo = [[Arecales]]
|familia = [[Arecaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Gaussia]]''
|species = '''''G. spirituana'''''
|binomial = ''Gaussia spirituana''
|binomial_authority = [[Moya]] & [[Leiva]]
|}}
'''''Gaussia spirituana''''' is a [[Arecaceae|palm]] which is [[endemic (ecology)|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 |title= ''Gaussia spirituana''|accessdate=2006-12-08 |format= |work= [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}</ref>


'''''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>
''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&nbsp;cm in diameter.<ref name = Henderson>{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson (botanist)|coauthors=[[Gloria Galeano]]; [[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>

''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&nbsp;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>


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]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Cuba]]
[[Category:Trees of Cuba]]
[[Category:Trees of Cuba]]
[[Category:Endangered plants]]
[[Category:Endangered flora of North America]]





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Gaussia spirituana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Gaussia
Species:
G. spirituana
Binomial name
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

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  1. ^ a b c Moya, C. 1998. Gaussia spirituana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 08 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Gaussia spirituana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
  3. ^ 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.