''Chambeyronia macrocarpa'' is a species of
palm tree
The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...
commonly known as the red leaf palm. It is sometimes called the flamethrower palm. The species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
New Caledonia
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[Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.]
Image:Chambeyroniamacrocarpatrunkandcrown.JPG, Young plant in Florida
Image:Chambeyroniamacrocarpacrownshaft.JPG, "Watermelon" colored crownshaft and trunk with distinct leaf scar rings
Image:ChambeyroniamacrocarpfoliageaJPG.JPG, Colored new foliage
Image:ChambeyroniaMacrocarpaFruit.jpg, Unripe Fruit
References
External links
New Caledonia Palm Gallery
macrocarpa
''Hesperocyparis macrocarpa'' is a coniferous tree. It is commonly known as the Monterey cypress and is one of several species of cypress trees endemic to California.
The Monterey cypress is found naturally only on the Central Coast of Califo ...
Endemic flora of New Caledonia
Trees of New Caledonia
Plants described in 1873
Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
Taxa named by Eugène Vieillard
Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari
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