''Rhopaloblaste augusta'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
in the family
Arecaceae. It is found on the
Nicobar Islands in the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...
, part of
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton University press, Princeton and Oxford.] It is also found in Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore, the Moluccas, New Guinea & the Solomon Islands. In lowland rain forest. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...
.
References
augusta
Augusta may refer to:
Places Australia
* Augusta, Western Australia
Brasil
* Rua Augusta (São Paulo)
Canada
* Augusta, Ontario
* North Augusta, Ontario
* Augusta Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
France
* Augusta Suessionum ("Augusta of the Suessi ...
Flora of the Nicobar Islands
Vulnerable plants
Plants described in 1875
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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