''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 colloquially c ...
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 only 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 foun ...
to
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
.
[Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.]
Gallery
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
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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