Carpoxylon macrospermum H. A. Wendland & Drude (1875?)
Carpoxylon palm
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1875?
Rediscovered in 1987
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Vanuatu
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Dowe, John L. (1988). The rediscovery of Carpoxylon macrospermum. Palms Cycads 18: 6-9.
Dowe, John L. (1989). The unexpected rediscovery of Carpoxylon macrospermum. Principes 33(2): 63-67.
Dowel, John L. (1998). Carpoxylon macrospermum. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 30 September 2013.
Humphreys, Aelys M. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. [Abstract] [Supplementary Dataset 1]
WCSP (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/28/3652440/from-extinction-to-your-yard-a.html