Wettinia longipetala
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| Wettinia longipetala | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Wettinia |
| Species: | W. longipetala |
| Binomial name | |
| Wettinia longipetala A. H. Gentry |
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Wettinia longipetala is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is found only in Peru, on the outskirts of the amazon rainforest. It is has a conservation status of vulnerable.
[edit] Members of the genus Wettinia
Members of the genus Wettinia include W. aequalis, W. aequatorialis, W. anomala, W. augusta, W. castanea, W. cladospadix, W. disticha, W. drudei, W. equalis, W. fascicularis, W. hirsuta, W. illaqueans, W. kalbreyeri (also known as the Macana Palm), W. lanata, W. longipetala, W. maynensis, W. mesocarpa, W. microcarpa, W. minima, W. oxycarpa, W. panamensis, W. poeppigii, W. praemorsa, W. quinaria, W. radiata, W. utilis, W. verruculosa and W. weberbaueri.
[edit] Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Wettinia longipetala. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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