Arecaceae
Metroxylon

Metroxylon warburgii (Heimerl) Becc.

First published in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 12(2): 182 (1918)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Santa Cruz Islands to Vanuatu. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Santa Cruz Is., Vanuatu

Introduced into:

Fiji, Samoa

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Watling, D. (2005). Palms of the Fiji Islands: 1-191. Environmental Consultants (Fiji) Ltd., Suva.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Watling, D. (2005). Palms of the Fiji Islands: 1-191. Environmental Consultants (Fiji) Ltd., Suva.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 19, 1988 Bennett [s.n.] Vanuatu K000208792 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Bristol, M.L. [2178] Samoa K000521963 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 MacKee [19931] Samoa K000521962 Yes
Halle, N. [RSNH6344] Vanuatu K000208790 Yes
Halle, N. [RSNH6344] Vanuatu K000208789 Yes
McClatchey, W.C. [1108] Fiji K000521961 Yes
Halle, N. [RSNH6344] Vanuatu K000208791 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [3171] Singapore K000527467 Yes
Moore, H.E. [9985] Samoa Metroxylon upoluense K000521959 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0