Latania verschaffeltii

Latania verschaffeltii, the yellow latan palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only on Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Mauritius, 560 km east of the Island of Mauritius.^[3][4] It is, however, cultivated in other places as an ornamental.^[5] In the wild, the species is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Latania verschaffeltii
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Latania
Species:	L. verschaffeltii
Binomial name
Latania verschaffeltii Lemaire
Synonyms[2]
Cleophora verschaffeltii (Lem.) O.F.Cook