Latania verschaffeltii

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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|image = Latania verachaffeltii.jpg

|status = CR|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Tatayah, V. |author2=Jhangeer-Khan, R. |author3=Bégué, J.A. |date=2021 |title=Latania verschaffeltii |volume=2021 |page=e.T38590A164117223 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T38590A164117223.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

|genus = Latania

|species = verschaffeltii

|authority = Lemaire

|synonyms = Cleophora verschaffeltii (Lem.) O.F.Cook

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-108916 The Plant List, Latania verschaffeltii]

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Latania verschaffeltii, the yellow latan palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only on Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Mauritius, 560 km east of the Island of Mauritius.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=108916 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Latania verschaffeltii][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4747375#page/137/mode/1up Charles LeMaire. 1859. L'illustration horticole 6: t. 229., Latania verschaffeltii] It is, however, cultivated in other places as an ornamental.Cook, Orator Fuller. 1941. National Horticultural Magazine Henning, Minnesota, USA) 20: 52, in caption to illustration, Cleophora verschaffeltii In the wild, the species is threatened by habitat loss.