Arecales (Palms)
Family: Arecaceae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Beccariophoenix madagascariensis
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Jum. & H.Perrier (1915) | Coastal beccariophoenix | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Butia leptospatha | (Burret) Noblick (2006) | - | (rediscovered) | Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil & Paraguay | Rediscovered | Access |
Calamus harmandii | Pierre ex Becc. (1902) | - | (rediscovered) | Laos | Rediscovered | Access |
Calamus nicobaricus | Becc. (1892) | - | ? | India | Possibly Extinct (in the Wild) or Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Calospatha confusa | Furtado (1951) | - | ? | Malaysia | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Carpoxylon macrospermum | H. A. Wendl. & Drude (1875) | Carpoxylon palm | (rediscovered) | Aneityum (=Anatom), Vanuatu | Rediscovered | Access |
Chamaedorea donnell-smithii | Dammer (1905) | - | ? | Central America | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Chamaedorea minima |
Hodel (1991)
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- | ? | Central or South America | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus acuminum | Jum. (1922) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus ankaizinensis | Jum. (1922) | - | ? | Madagascar | Extinct | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus basilongus |
(Jum. & H.Perrier) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker (2022) | - | ? | Madagascar | Extinct or Rediscovered | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus canaliculatus | (Jum.) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker (2022) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus canescens | Jum. & H.Perrier (1913) | - | 1913 | Madagascar | Extinct in the Wild | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus carlsmithii |
(J.Dransf. & Marcus) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker (2022) | - | (rediscovered) | eastern Madagascar | Rediscovered in the Wild | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus ceraceus | (Jum.) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker (2022) | Lafaza | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus ligulatus | (Jum.) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker (2022) | - | ? | Madagascar | Extinct in the Wild | Access |
Chrysalidocarpus tanalensis |
(Jum. & H.Perrier) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker (2022) | Matitanana, Matitana | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Corypha taliera | Roxb. (1820) | Tali palm, Tara palm | (rediscovered) | Bangladesh, India & Myanmar | Extinct in the Wild or Rediscovered in the Wild | Access |
Cryosophila williamsii | P.H.Allen (1953) | Lago Yojoa palm, Root-spine palm, Mojarilla, Palmiche | ? | Honduras | Erroneously listed as Extinct in the Wild | Access |
Dypsis acaulis
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J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Masoala Peninsula (eastern), Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis ambanjae | Beentje (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis anovensis | J.Dransf. (1995) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (nomen. illeg., nomen. superfl.) | Access |
Dypsis bernieriana |
(Baill.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995)
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- | ? | Madagascar | Extinct or Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis betamponensis | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis bosseri | J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis brittiana
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Rakotoarin. (2009) | - | 2005 | northeastern Madagascar | Missing | Access |
Dypsis commersoniana | (Baill.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | ? | Madagascar | Missing or Extinct | Access |
Dypsis corniculata | (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access |
Dypsis curtisii | Baker (1887) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access |
Dypsis digitata | (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access |
Dypsis furcata | J.Dransf. (1995) | - | ? | Madagascar | Extinct or Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis henrici | J.Dransf., Beentje & Govaerts (2006) | - | 1928 | Madagascar | Missing | Access |
Dypsis heterophylla | Baker (1887) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access |
Dypsis hirtula | Mart. (1838) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Dypsis integra | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access |
Dypsis lanuginosa | J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis linearis | Jum. (1918) | - | ? | Madagascar | Extinct in the Wild or Rediscovered in the Wild | Access |
Dypsis longipes | Jum. (1918) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Dypsis lucens | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | 1912 | Madagascar | Missing or Extinct | Access |
Dypsis mangorensis | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access |
Dypsis masoalensis | Jum. (1918) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Dypsis monostachya | Jum. (1918) | - | 1923 | Madagascar | Missing or Extinct | Access |
Dypsis occidentalis | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | ? | Madagascar | Extinct or Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis pervillei | (Baill.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | ? | Madagascar | Extinct (in the Wild?) or Rediscovered (in the Wild?) | Access |
Dypsis plurisecta | Jum. (1918) | - | 1919 | Madagascar | Missing or Extinct | Access |
Dypsis pulchella | J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis remotiflora | J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis rivularis | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis sahanofensis | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis sambiranensis | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Jum. (1933) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Dypsis soanieranae | Beentje (1995) | - | 1938 | Madagascar | Extinct or Rediscovered | Access |
Dypsis thouarsiana | Baill. (1894) | - | mid-1800's | Ile Sainte Marie, Madagascar | Missing or Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Eremospatha barendii | Sunderl. (2002) | Rattan, Rattan palm | 2012 | Cameroon | Missing | Access |
Hedyscepe sp. nov. 'Norfolk Island' | - | - | late Holocene | Norfolk Island, Australia | Extinct if distinct | Access |
Hemithrinax ekmaniana | Burret (1929) | - | (rediscovered) | Cuba | Rediscovered | Access |
Hyophorbe amaricaulis | Mart. (1849) | - | ? | Mauritius | Extinct in the Wild | Access |
Medemia argun | (Mart.) Württemb. ex H.Wendl. (1881) | Argun palm | (rediscovered) | Egypt & Sudan | Rediscovered | Access |
Neodypsis compactus | Jum. (1933) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Neophloga littoralis | Jum. (1929 "1928") | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Neophloga majorana | Becc. (1906) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Neophloga pygmaea | Pic.Serm. (1955) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Orania regalis | Zipp. (1829) | Fai (Matbat), Kabet (Matbat), Wowi (Wandama) | (rediscovered) | New Guinea | Rediscovered | Access |
Paschalococos disperta | Dransfield (1991) | Rapa Nui palm, Easter Island palm | c.1650? | Easter Island (=Rapa Nui) | Extinct | Access |
Pelagodoxa henryana |
Becc. (1917) | - | ? | Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia (?) | Possibly Extinct in the wild | Access |
Phloga gracilis | (Jum.) H.Perrier (1945) | - | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Pinanga sp. nov. 'Fiji' | - | - | <5000 yrcalBP | Vanua Levu & Viti Levu, Fiji | Extinct if distinct | Access |
Pritchardia elliptica
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Rock & Caum (1930) | - | pre-1992 | Kumoa Valley, Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Pritchardia macrocarpa | Linden (1879) | - | ? | O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Pritchardia montis-kea | Rock (1921) | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Pritchardia pacifica |
Seem. & H.Wendl. (1862) | Piu, Niu pui, Niu sakiki, Viu, Fiji fan palm | ? | ʻEua & Vavaʻu, Tonga | Possibly Extinct in the wild | Access |
Pritchardia pericularum |
G.Nicholson (1886) | - | ? | Tuamotu Archipelago (?) | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Pritchardia tahuatana | Butaud & Hodel (2017) | - | ? | Fatuiva & Tahuata (& Nuku Hiva?), Marquesas Islands | (Possibly) Extinct in the wild | Access |
Pritchardia vuylstekeana |
H.Wendl. (1883) | - | ? | Tuamotu Archipelago (?) | Possibly Extinct in the wild | Access |
Pritchardia sp. nov. ''Atiu' | - | - | subfossil | 'Atiu, Cook Islands | Extinct if distinct | Access |
Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Laysan' | - | Laysan fan palm | 1891 | Laysan, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct if distinct | Access |
Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Mangaia' | - | - | subfossil | Mangaia, Cook Islands | Extinct if distinct | Access |
Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Moorea' |
- | - | ? | Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia | Extinct if distinct | Access |
Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Rimatara' | - | - | ? | Rimatara, Austral Islands, French Polynesia | Extinct if distinct | Access |
Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Tahiti' |
- | - | ? | Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia | Extinct if distinct | Access |
Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Tubuai' | - | - | ? | Tubuai, Austral Islands, French Polynesia | Extinct | Access |
Ravenea moorei | J.Dransf. & N.W.Uhl (1986) | - | (rediscovered) | Grande Comore (=Ngazidja =Njazidja), Comoros Islands | Rediscovered in the wild | Access |
Roystonea stellata | León (1943) | - | 1939 | Yagruma Terrace, Maisí region, Cuba | Extinct | Access |
Sabal miamiensis | Zona (1985) | Miami palmetto, Miami sabal palm | ? | Dade County, Florida | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Salacca lophospatha | J.Dransf. & Mogea (1981) | - | ? | Sabah, Malaysia | Extinct | Access |
Saribus jeanneneyi | (Becc.) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker (2011) | - | (rediscovered) | Grande Terre, New Caledonia | Rediscovered | Access |
Veitchia filifera
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(H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore (1957) | - | (rediscovered) | Taveuni & Vanua Levu, Fiji | Rediscovered | Access |
Veitchia petiolata | (Burret) H.E.Moore (1957) | - | 1986 | Vanua Levu, Fiji | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Veitchia pickeringii | (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore (1957) | - | ? | Fiji | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Family: Dasypogonaceae (4 genera; 20 species)
—No subordinate taxa
Appendix: Relocated taxa
Glassman, S. F. (1971). Rediscovery of Syagrus werdermannii. Fieldiana Botany 34(1): 1-10. [Brazil; holotype destroyed during WWII; species relocated with help of local knowledge]