''Marojejya'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family

Arecaceae 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 trees ...

. It contains the following two species, both

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

:Humbert, Jean-Henri. 1955. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétale 6: 92 * ''

Marojejya darianii ''Marojejya darianii'', the big-leaf palm, is a species of flowering palm tree in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is critically endangered, and threatened with extinction due to habitat loss Habitat destruction (als ...

'' J.Dransf. & N.W.Uhl * '' Marojejya insignis'' Humbert

References

Endemic flora of Madagascar Arecaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Areceae-stub