Beccariophoenix madagascariensis

Beccariophoenix madagascariensis
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Beccariophoenix
Species:	B. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Beccariophoenix madagascariensis Jum. & H. Perrier

Beccariophoenix madagascariensis, commonly known as the No Windows Beccariophoenix or Coastal Beccariophoenix, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is a large Coconut relative that is endangered in its habitat in Madagascar.

Beccariophoenix sp. 'Windows'

The Beccariophoenix variety with the "windows", commonly known as the Giant Windowpane Palm or Windowpane Coconut, used to be considered a variety of this species, but John Dransfield is renaming that variety. It is quite different when a seedling, in having wide, mostly unsplit leafs, wheres the 'madagascariensis' variety has fully split, very stiff upright leaves when young.

Source

• Johnson, D. Beccariophoenix madagascariensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 January 2010.