Latania
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| Red Latan Palm | |
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| Genus: | Latania Comm. ex Juss.
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Cleophora Gaertn. | |
Latania commonly known as Latan palm or Latania palm is a genus of flowering plant in the palm tree family, native to islands in the western Indian Ocean.[1][2]
Latania contains the following species:
- Latania loddigesii Mart. - (Blue Latan Palm) from Mauritius
- Latania lontaroides (Gaertn.) H.E.Moore - (Red Latan Palm) from Réunion
- Latania verschaffeltii Lem. - (Yellow Latan Palm) from Rodrigues Island
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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