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| status = EN
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|status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=China Plant Specialist Group |date=2004 |title=''Arenga micrantha'' |volume=2004 |page=e.T46592A11065000 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46592A11065000.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|genus = Arenga
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
|species = micrantha
| ordo = [[Arecales]]
|authority = C.F. Wei ({{zh|卫兆芬}})<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wei|first=Chao Fen|year=1988|title=Arenga micrantha from China|journal=Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica|volume=26|issue=5|page=494}}
| familia = [[Arecaceae]]
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| species = '''''A. micrantha'''''
| binomial = ''Arenga micrantha''
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'''''Arenga micrantha''''' is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Arecaceae]] family.
It is found only in [[China]].
Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical moist lowland [[forest]]s.
It is threatened by [[habitat loss]]. The common name of this palm is Tibetan Sugar Palm
==Source==
* China Plant Specialist Group 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/46592/all Arenga micrantha]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.


'''''Arenga micrantha''''', also known as the '''Tibetan sugar palm''', is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Arecaceae]], found in the [[cloud forest]]s of [[Tibet]], [[Bhutan]], and North-East [[India]].<ref name=palms/> Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical moist lowland [[forest]]s, between 1400 and 2150 m.<ref name=noltie/> It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
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[[Category:Arenga]]
It is a solitary palm that grows up to 2m in height and 15&nbsp;cm in diameter, with 3m long leaves and 1m long inflorescences.<ref name=palms>{{cite book|last=Henderson|first=Andrew|title=Palms of Southern Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8_HfArx3PEC&pg=PA34|series=Princeton Field Guides|year=2009|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-13449-9|page=34}}</ref> It requires pollination to fruit, and rarely flowers. It is probably the most cold hardy species in the genus.<ref name=noltie>{{cite journal|last=Noltie |first=H. J. J. |year=2000 |title=Arenga micrantha: A Little-Known Eastern Himalayan Palm |url=http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2000/vol44n1p14-18.pdf |journal=Palms |publisher=The International Palm Society |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=14–18 |issn=1523-4495 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927144911/http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2000/vol44n1p14-18.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}</ref>

It is sometimes used as material to build shelters.<ref name=noltie/>

==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 15 November 2021

Arenga micrantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Arenga
Species:
A. micrantha
Binomial name
Arenga micrantha
C.F. Wei (Chinese: 卫兆芬)[2]

Arenga micrantha, also known as the Tibetan sugar palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, found in the cloud forests of Tibet, Bhutan, and North-East India.[3] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, between 1400 and 2150 m.[4] It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is a solitary palm that grows up to 2m in height and 15 cm in diameter, with 3m long leaves and 1m long inflorescences.[3] It requires pollination to fruit, and rarely flowers. It is probably the most cold hardy species in the genus.[4]

It is sometimes used as material to build shelters.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Arenga micrantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46592A11065000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46592A11065000.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wei, Chao Fen (1988). "Arenga micrantha from China". Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica. 26 (5): 494.
  3. ^ a b Henderson, Andrew (2009). Palms of Southern Asia. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-691-13449-9.
  4. ^ a b c Noltie, H. J. J. (2000). "Arenga micrantha: A Little-Known Eastern Himalayan Palm" (PDF). Palms. 44 (1). The International Palm Society: 14–18. ISSN 1523-4495. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.