Rhopaloblaste elegans
Encyclopedia
Rhopaloblaste elegans is a species of flowering plant
in the Arecaceae
family.
It is found only in Solomon Islands
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Arecaceae
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
family.
It is found only in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Dowl, J.L. 1998. Rhopaloblaste elegans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.