
Palmiste
Roystonea borinquenaO.F.Cook
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Pays · région · aire protégée · écorégion · biome
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Liste rouge IUCN
LC · Préoccupation mineure?Inconnue- Évaluation
- 2025 · v3.1
- Altitude
- 0 – 800 m
- Profondeur
- – m
État de la populationTexte officiel évaluation IUCNExpert
This species is quite common, close to sea level, along the northern coast of Puerto Rico. It is also very common on Hispaniola, where is inhabits almost all environments (apart from very dry places) (Zona 1996) in some cases forming Royal Palm Forests, for example in the Yuna delta, Samana Province (Ministerio De Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales 2018).
Description complète des menacesTexte détaillé évaluation IUCNExpert
There are no major threats to this species.
Habitats préférentiels (classification IUCN)
1_6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Mesures de conservation recommandéesStratégies de conservation IUCNExpert
There are several ex situ collections of this species (BGCI 2023). Although it has a large distribution in the Dominican Republic, this species is considered as Vulnerable in the National Red List (Garcia et al. 2016) because of its overexploitation and habitat destruction (Peguero et al. 2015). It is found in various protected areas.
Usage & commerce (5)Use & Trade — IUCNExpert
1Food - humansubsistance11Other household goodssubsistance13Pets/display animals, horticulturesubsistance2Food - animalsubsistance9Construction or structural materialssubsistance
Niche IUCN globaleRealms · Systems · LMEs · Growth forms · FAOs — biogéographie IUCNExpert
Royaumes biogéographiques
Neotropical
Systèmes (terrestre/eau douce/marin)
Terrestrial
Formes de croissance
Tree - small
Références bibliographiques (9)Sources scientifiques de l'évaluation IUCNExpert
- IUCN. 2025. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: <a href="www.iucnredlist.org">www.iucnredlist.org</a>. (Accessed: 27 March 2025).
- BGCI. 2023. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) - PlantSearch. Available at: <a href="https://tools.bgci.org/plant_search.php">https://tools.bgci.org/plant_search.php</a>. (Accessed: 2023).
- Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. 2018. Informe Estudio Ambiental: Uso y Cobertura del Suelo de La Provincia Samaná, 2012-2018. República Dominicana.
- García, R., Peguero, B., Jiménez, F., Veloz, A. and Clase, T. 2016. <i>Lista Roja de la Flora Vascular en República Dominicana</i>.
- Peguero, B., A. Veloz, R. Garcia, T. Clase, C. los Santos, D. Jones and Jimenez, F. 2015. Estado de conservacion de las palmas de la isla Espanola. <i>Moscosoa</i> 19: 139-147.
- Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. and Strong, M.T. 2012. <i>Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies</i>. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, D.C.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and Strong, M.T. 2005. <i>Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands</i>. Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
- Timyan, J. 1996. <i>Bwa Yo: Important Trees of Haiti</i>. South-East Consortium for International Development, Washington.
- Zona, S. 1996. <i>Roystonea</i>. (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). <i>Neotropica Monograph </i> 71: 1-35.
Évaluateurs & contributeurs (2)Personnes ayant contribué à l'évaluation IUCNExpert
assessor
Salazar, J.
evaluator
Bacon, C. & Beech, E.
Salazar, J. 2025. Roystonea borinquena. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T111460799A161421371. Accessed on 05 May 2026.
Distribution mondiale
Calcul de la distribution GBIF· ~10–60 s
Phénologie
Calcul du calendrier d'apparition· ~5–30 s
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Note nomenclaturale & synonymesDétails taxonomiques + synonymes CoLExpert
Note nomenclaturale
TAXREF v18 — INPN/MNHNSynonymes (6)— redirigent vers cette page
- Oreodoxa borinquena(O.F.Cook) Reasoner ex L.H.Bailey
- Oreodoxa boyinqitena(O.F.Cook) Reasoner ex L.H.Bailey
- Roystonea aitiaO.F.Cook
- Roystonea hispaniolanaL.H.Bailey
- Roystonea hispaniolana f. altissimaMoscoso
- Roystonea peregrinaL.H.Bailey
Sources : Catalogue of Life Cross-References (synonymes) · TAXREF v18 INPN/MNHN (commentaires FR).