Dypsis carlsmithii

Dypsis carlsmithii
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Dypsis
Species:	D. carlsmithii
Binomial name
	Dypsis carlsmithii; J.Dransf. & Marcus

Dypsis carlsmithii (Stumpy Palm) is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, endemic to the Madagascarian rainforests. It is a rare palm, with fewer than 15 mature individuals identified from two locations in the northeast: Tampolo on the western coast of Masoala Peninsula, and Mahavelona, north of Toamasina. Its trunk grows to 6 m tall and about 40–50 cm in diameter, with mature leaves about 140 cm long by about 80 cm wide.

References

^ Rakotoarinivo, M.; Dransfield, J. (2012). "Dypsis carlsmithii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T195918A2432467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195918A2432467.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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[iucn-1] Rakotoarinivo, M.; Dransfield, J. (2012). "Dypsis carlsmithii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T195918A2432467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195918A2432467.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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