| Juania | |
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| Juania australis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ceroxyloideae |
| Tribe: | Ceroxyleae |
| Genus: | Juania Drude |
| Species: | J. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Juania australis | |
Juania australis, the Chonta palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, the only species in the genus Juania.[2] It is a solitary trunked palm tree which is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands archipelago in the southeast Pacific Ocean west of Chile.
This palm is slow growing and has a green trunk; plants are either male or female. It is threatened by habitat loss. Only one mature tree grows outside its native island habitat. It is on the IUCN Red List of Vulnerable species.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Juania australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38585A10127144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38585A10127144.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ J. Dransfield & N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 4. Springer. p. 349. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.