Clinosperma Macrocarpa
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''Clinosperma macrocarpa'' is a species of
palm tree The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm ...
known from a single population at around altitude on
Mont Panié Mont Panié is a mountain on the island of Grande Terre in New Caledonia, a special collectivity of France located in the south-west Pacific Ocean. At , it is the island's highest point. Mont Panié is situated in the Chaîne Centrale mountain ...
, New Caledonia. It was described as the only species in the genus ''Lavoixia'', but has since been moved to genus '' Clinosperma''. It is listed as critically endangered on the
IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...
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''Clinosperma macrocarpa''
in ''Flore et Faune de Nouvelle-Calédonie''. Clinospermatinae Endemic flora of New Caledonia Trees of New Caledonia Critically endangered flora of Oceania Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Areceae-stub