''Chambeyronia magnifica'' is a species of

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in the palm family

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. It is a large, solitary, emergent palm found only in

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. It it native to northeastern Grande Terre, where it lives on Col d'Amos and the Pam Peninsula ridge. It grows in dense humid forest on soils derived from schist rocks from 480 to 550 metres elevation. The species has an estimated

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(AOO) and

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(EOO) of 24 km². It is threatened by

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from frequent fires on Col d'Amos and degradation of the forest by feral pigs. It is assessed as

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in the

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. It was first described as ''Mackeea magnifica'' in 1978 by Harold Emery Moore. In 1998 Jean-Christophe Pintaud and Donald Robert Hodel placed in genus ''Kentiopsis'' as ''Kentiopsis magnifica''. In 2021 Hodel and Craig Barrett synonymized ''Kentiopsis'' with genus ''

Chambeyronia ''Chambeyronia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. It contains nine species, all endemic to New Caledonia: Hodel, D.R., Baker, W.J., Bellot, S., Pérez-Calle, V., Cumberledge, A. & Barrett, C.F. (2021) Reassessment of the A ...

'', and renamed the species ''Chambeyronia magnifica''.

References

magnifica Endemic flora of New Caledonia Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Plants described in 1978 Taxa named by Harold E. Moore {{Areceae-stub