Roystonea stellata

Roystonea stellata
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Roystonea
Species:	R. stellata
Binomial name
	Roystonea stellata; León

Roystonea stellata is a species of palm endemic to Yagruma terrace in the Maisí region of Guantánamo Province in eastern Cuba. The species is known from only a single collection made by French-born botanist Frère León in 1939, and may be extinct.

Description

Roystonea stellata is a large palm which reached heights of 15 metres (49 ft). The 95 cm (3.12 ft) inflorescences bears white male and female flowers. Fruit are 9.8–10.5 millimetres (0.39–0.41 in) long and 7.8–8.5 mm (0.31–0.33 in) wide, and black when ripe. The single known collection is not complete enough for a complete description.[2]

Status

It is unknown whether the species still exists, as no specimens were found in a 1990 survey of the only known habitat. While this has not yet been confirmed, R. stellata is possibly extinct.[3]

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References

Zona, S. (1998). "Roystonea stellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38690A10139096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38690A10139096.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Zona, Scott (December 1996). "Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae)". Flora Neotropica. 71: 1–35. no
Zona, Scott; Raúl Verdecia; Angela Leiva Sánchez; Carl E. Lewis; Mike Maunder (2007). "The conservation status of West Indian palms (Arecaceae)". Oryx. 41 (3): 300–05. doi:10.1017/S0030605307000404.

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[iucn-1] Zona, S. (1998). "Roystonea stellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38690A10139096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38690A10139096.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[Zona-2] Zona, Scott (December 1996). "Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae)". Flora Neotropica. 71: 1–35. no

[Oryx-3] Zona, Scott; Raúl Verdecia; Angela Leiva Sánchez; Carl E. Lewis; Mike Maunder (2007). "The conservation status of West Indian palms (Arecaceae)". Oryx. 41 (3): 300–05. doi:10.1017/S0030605307000404.