Saribus jeanneneyi

Saribus jeanneneyi is a very rare species of palm tree in the genus Saribus. It is endemic to southern New Caledonia,[3] where only one mature specimen, surrounded by a few seedlings, survives in its native habitat.[1][4] The cause of its rarity in the wild is because its meristem is edible.[1]

Saribus jeanneneyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Saribus
Species:
S. jeanneneyi
Binomial name
Saribus jeanneneyi
(Becc.) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Pritchardiopsis jeanneneyi Becc.

Taxonomy

In 1910 Saribus jeanneneyi was first described as a new species by the Italian palm specialist Odoardo Beccari. He placed it in the genus Pritchardiopsis,[2][5] but phylogenetic studies based on DNA led to its transfer into Saribus in 2011. The specific epithet commemorates Ambroise Jeanneney, an agronomist in New Caledonia, who collected the holotype specimen in Prony District. The holotype is housed at the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[4]

Description

The fruit are some 4cm in diameter. Compared to other species of Saribus, S. jeanneneyi has relatively large fruit, although it shares this characteristic with S. surru and S. tothur. Its fruit are reported to be purplish when ripe, but near-ripe fruit have been photographed with a yellow-orange colour. The seeds are surrounded by a keeled, woody endocarp; S. papuanus likewise has a thickened endocarp.[4]

Distribution

Compared to the other palms in the genus Saribus, S. jeanneneyi has an outlying distribution far to the east of the other species.[4] It is endemic to southern New Caledonia.[3]

References
  1. T. Jaffré; et al. (1998). "Pritchardiopsis jeanneneyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. Retrieved November 1, 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Saribus jeanneneyi". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. "Saribus jeanneneyi (Becc.) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. Bacon, Christine D.; Baker, William J. (14 September 2011). "Saribus resurrected". Palms. 55 (3): 109–116. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. A. A. Anderberg; B. G. Baldwin; R. G. Bayer; et al. (2007). "Pritchardiopsis Becc.". In Joachim W. Kadereit; Charles Jeffrey (eds.). Flowering plants: Eudicots; Asterales. The families and genera of vascular plants. 8. Springer. p. 330. ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1.



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