Bentinckia nicobarica: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Bentinckia
- Species
- Bentinckia nicobarica
- Scientific Name
- Bentinckia nicobarica
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bentinckia nicobarica
Bentinckia nicobarica is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae. It is native to lowland tropical forests of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, where it occurs mainly in the Nicobar Islands and in parts of the southern Andaman Islands. Owing to its restricted range, small and fragmented populations and continuing habitat loss it is assessed as an Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
The species is sometimes known in English as the Nicobar palm.
...Bentinckia nicobarica in languages:
- Portuguese
- Palmeira-de-nicobar
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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