Bentinckia nicobarica

Bentinckia nicobarica
Bentinckia nicobarica at the Botanical Survey of India’s National Orchidarium and Experimental Garden (NOEG) in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Bentinckia
Species:
B. nicobarica
Binomial name
Bentinckia nicobarica
(Kurz) Becc.
Synonyms

Orania nicobarica

Bentinckia nicobarica is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae endemic to the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. It is a palm native to Great Nicobar, Katchal, Nancowry and Car Nicobar islands[2].

The occurrence of this species in Andaman and Nicobar group of islands other than Katchal Island is yet to be confirmed as natural/escape or by human introduction. It is an endangered species according to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2016 with Red List Category & Criteria as C2a (ver 2.3)[3]. Living specimens of this taxon are conserved at the Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, at the Field Gene Bank of Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram and in Dhanikhari Experimental Garden cum Arboretum (DEGCA) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands[4]

  1. ^ Johnson, D. (1998). "Bentinckia nicobarica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38450A10120169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38450A10120169.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sreekumar,  P.V.  &  T.  Coomar  (1999).Bentinckia  nicobarica:   an   endemic, endangered palm of the Nicobar Islands. Palms  43(3):  118–121.
  3. ^ Kulkarni, A.R. & R.M. Mulani (2004). Indigenous palms of India. Current Science 86(12): 1598–1603.
  4. ^ Kamble, Mayur Yashwant; J.H. Franklin Benjamin; Vivek C. Poulose (2024-10-26). "Taxonomic significance of seeds and seedling morphology in the threatened Indian endemic palm genus Bentinckia (Arecaceae)". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 16 (10): 26030–26034. doi:10.11609/jott.7944.16.10.26030-26034. ISSN 0974-7907.