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Basselinia pancheri

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ5721851 ↗
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Basselinia pancheri is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a palm tree endemic to New Caledonia.

Basselinia pancheri was first described in 1864, and received its current name in 1873. The IUCN lists the species as of Least Concern.

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Kentia pancheri in 1864, by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart and Jean Antoine Arthur Gris. It has also been placed in Cyphokentia and Clinostigma. The current name of the species was first used by Eugène Vieillard in 1873.

Distribution

Basselinia pancheri is native to west and south New Caledonia, and grows throughout Grande Terre. It is more common in the south. The species' estimated extent of occurrence is 12,413 square kilometres (4,793 sq mi).

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This entry incorporates text from “Basselinia pancheri” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.