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''Marojejya'' is a genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the family
Arecaceae The Arecaceae () is a family (biology), family of perennial plant, perennial, flowering plants in the Monocotyledon, monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbing palm, climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly k ...
. It contains the following two species, both
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
Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
:Humbert, Jean-Henri. 1955. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétale 6: 92 * ''
Marojejya darianii ''Marojejya darianii'', the big-leaf palm or Ravimbe Palm, is a species of flowering palm tree in the Palm Family (Arecaceae or Palmae). It is found only in the rainforests of Madagascar and was completely unknown to the larger world until 1984 ...
'' J.Dransf. & N.W.Uhl * '' Marojejya insignis'' Humbert


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Endemic flora of Madagascar Arecaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Areceae-stub