| Lepidorrhachis | |
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| Little Mountain Palm at 820 metres above sea level in the cloud forest at Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Basseliniinae |
| Genus: | Lepidorrhachis (H. Wendl. & Drude) O.F. Cook[1] |
| Species: | L. mooreana
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidorrhachis mooreana (F.Muell.) O.F.Cook
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| Lepidorrhachis is endemic to Lord Howe Island | |
Lepidorrhachis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family restricted to Lord Howe Island. The genus name for the single, monoecious species, Lepidorrhachis mooreana, comes from two Greek word meaning "scale" and "rachis", and the epithet honors Charles Moore, first director of the Sydney Botanical Gardens.[2] The common name is Little Mountain Palm.
- ^ O.F. Cook, Journal of Heredity 18:408. 1927 Type:L. mooreana
- ^ Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6