Carpoxylon
Genus of palms
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Carpoxylon macrospermum is a species of palm tree endemic to Vanuatu, and the only species in the genus Carpoxylon.[4]
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| Carpoxylon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Carpoxylinae |
| Genus: | Carpoxylon H.Wendl. & Drude |
| Species: | C. macrospermum |
| Binomial name | |
| Carpoxylon macrospermum | |
It is an IUCN Red List Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Taxonomy
This palm was first described by Hermann Wendland and Carl Georg Oscar Drude in 1875 in Linnaea.[2][3]
