Licuala heatubunii Barfod & W.J.Baker (2022:69)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Data Deficient (Barstow et al., 2025) or Possibly Extinct in the Wild (Baker et al., 2024:261 [as CR but PEW])
Last (and only) record: 1957 (Barfod & Baker, 2022; Baker et al., 2024:261; Barstow et al., 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution & Habitat
New Guinea
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Barfod, A. S. and Baker, W. J. (2022). A new large-flowered Licuala from New Guinea. Palms 66(2): 69-72.
Other references:
Baker, W. J., Barfod, A. S., Cámara-Leret, R., Dowe, J. L., Heatubun, C. D., Petoe, P., Turner, J. H., Zona, S. and Dransfield, J. (2024). Palms of New Guinea. Kew, Richmond: Royal Botanic Gardens. 726 pp.
Barstow, M., Turner, J., Baker, W. J. and Barfod, A. (2025). Licuala heatubunii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T228010784A236625882. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T228010784A236625882.en. Accessed on 13 September 2026.
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 13 September 2026]