Key New Insights for Rare Caribbean Palms - DCNA
Recent genetic studies on the Dutch Caribbean native palm species, specifically Sabal antillensis in Curaçao and Sabal lougheediana in Bonaire, have provided crucial insights that confirms these two species are endemic for their respective islands.
Sabal lougheediana, a new palm species - PalmTalk
2019年11月19日 · After the discovery of Sabal antillensis in 2017 every single specimen was documented in detail on both Bonaire and Curacao Islands. These observations were compared to the studies in 1979 and it was found that the population on Bonaire had significant differences to the one on Curacao thus leading to the finding of a new species.
Sabal lougheediana (Arecaceae), a critically endangered, endemic …
2018年10月10日 · A new palm species, Sabal lougheediana, is described and illustrated. This critically endangered island endemic, native solely to Bonaire, is characterized by a compact crown of leaves, erect leaf segments, distinctive leaf scars, and frequently vascularized fiber bundles in leaflet transection.
Genomic patterns of native palms from the Leeward Antilles …
2024年4月19日 · The Leeward Antillean flora, in the islands running east to west along the southern edge of the Caribbean, includes one confirmed native palm genus, Sabal Adans., with two species present, Sabal antillensis M.P.Griff. and Sabal lougheediana M.P.Griff.
Sabal lougheediana (Arecaceae), a critically endangered, …
2019年10月10日 · A new palm species, Sabal lougheediana, is described and illustrated. This critically endangered island endemic, native solely to Bonaire, is characterized by a compact crown of leaves, erect...
Nature Today | The Bonaire palm: a critically endangered palm …
The recently released publication ‘Sabal Lougheediana (Arecaceae), a critically endangered, endemic palm species from Bonaire’ clearly described this unique palm that is only found on Bonaire, for the first time. It belongs to the Sabal palms, a family of …
Saving a newly discovered, critically endangered tree from
2020年9月10日 · The only known Bonaire palm trees (Sabal lougheediana) grow on a small part of Bonaire Island, a territory of the Netherlands just north of Venezuela. The island is only about 10 miles across. There are only about 25 mature specimens of …
New and endangered palm species described from Bonaire | Dutch ...
A new endemic palm species from Bonaire, Sabal lougheediana, was recently described in Phytotaxa by M. Patrick Griffith, Quirijn Coolen, Michelle Barros and Larry Noblick.
Sabal lougheediana | Bonaire Palm - ProjectPalm.net
This species is a critically endangered palm in the Dutch West Indies. Observed in 1979 but first reported in 2019 as endemic to Bonaire. Only 25 adult plants left in the wild. Originally classified as Sabal antillensis, this species is distinctly different in several ways.
Sabal lougheediana (Arecaceae), a critically endangered, endemic palm species from Bonaire M. PATRICK GRIFFITH1, QUIRIJN COOLEN2, MICHELLE BARROS1 & LARRY R. NOBLICK1