Dypsis occidentalis (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995:301)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Neophloga occidentalis Jum. in Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 4, 6(3): 24 (1928 publ. 1929)
Conservation Status
Extinct [by implication] (Humphreys et al., 2019) or Rediscovered [by implication] (Rakotoarinivo & Dransfield, 2012)
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Dransfield, John and Beentje, Henk Jaap. (1995). The Palms of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and The International Palm Society, Richmond.
Eiserhardt, Wolf L., Bellot, Sidonie, Cowan, Robyn S., Dransfield, John, Hansen, Lars Emil S. F., Heyduk, Karolina, Rabarijaona, Romer N., Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro and Baker, William J. (2022). Phylogenomics and generic limits of Dypsidinae (Arecaceae), the largest palm radiation in Madagascar. Taxon 71(6): 1170-1195. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12797
Govaerts, R. and Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Rakotoarinivo, M. (2008). Analyse de la distribution et de la conservation des Palmiers (Arecaceae) de Madagascar par l'utilisation du systeme d'information geographique. Biologie et Ecologie Vegetale, University of Antananarivo.
Rakotoarinivo, M. and Dransfield, J. (2012). Dypsis occidentalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T195895A2430196. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195895A2430196.en. Accessed on 11 February 2024.
Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro, Dransfield, John, Bachman, Steven P., Moat, Justin and Baker, William J. (2014). Comprehensive Red List Assessment Reveals Exceptionally High Extinction Risk to Madagascar Palms. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103684. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103684