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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Latania verschaffeltiiCharles LeMaire. 1859. L'illustration horticole 6: t. 229., Latania verschaffeltii It is, however, cultivated in other places as an ornamental.Cook, Orator Fuller. 1941. National Horticultural Magazine Henning, Minnesota, USA) 20: 52, in caption to illustration, Cleophora verschaffeltii In the wild, the species is threatened by habitat loss.
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