| Roscheria | |
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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: | Verschaffeltiinae |
| Genus: | Roscheria H.Wendl. ex Balf.f.[2][3] |
| Species: | R. melanochaetes
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| Binomial name | |
| Roscheria melanochaetes H.Wendl.
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Roscheria is an endangered, monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family. The genus is named for Albrecht Roscher, a 19th-century German explorer, and the epithet for its single species R. melanochaetes derives from Latin and Greek meaning 'black' and 'bristle', alluding to the spines covering the trunks. They naturally occur on the Mahé and Silhouette Islands of Seychelles where they grow in mountainous rainforest and are threatened by habitat loss.[4]
- ^ Ismail, S.; Huber, M.J.; Mougal, J. (2011). "Roscheria melanochaetes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T38687A10138372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T38687A10138372.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ H.A. Wendland ex I.B. Balfour in J.G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles 386, 1877. Type: R. melanochaetes
- ^ "Roscheria H.Wendl. ex Balf.f." Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ 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 (Page 440–441)