Orania ravaka
| Orania ravaka | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Orania |
| Species: | O. ravaka |
| Binomial name | |
| Orania ravaka Beentje[2] | |
Orania ravaka is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is found only in northeast Madagascar in lowland rainforest, with as many as 500 individuals in 1998.[1]
Sources
- 1 2 Assessors: Dransfield, J. & Beentje, H.J. (1998). "Orania ravaka in IUCN 2010". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
- ↑ Orania ravaka was first described and published in Palms of Madagascar 119 (1995). (J. Dransfield & H. Beentje) "Plant Name Details for Orania ravaka". IPNI. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
Distribution: Madagascar
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External links
- Photo of Orania ravaka at the Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia website
- Photo of sprouting seeds from the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research
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