Roystonea stellata León (1943:11)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Berazaín, 2009; González Torres et al., 2016:60; Humphreys et al., 2019; Verdecia, 2020; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record (disputed): 1939 (Verdecia, 2020 [sole record]); 1941 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Several expeditions in recent decades have failed to record a second known individual of the species (Zona, 1991; Zona et al., 2007; Verdecia, 2020). It remains known only from the type specimen collected by Brother Frère León in 1939 in Guantánamo Province, eastern Cuba, and described by him in 1943 (Zona et al., 2007; Verdecia, 2020).
Distribution
Yagruma Terrace, Meseta de Maisí (Maisí region), Baracoa Municipality, Guantánamo Province, eastern Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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