Nephrosperma

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| display_parents = 4

| genus = Nephrosperma

| parent_authority = Balf.f.

| species = vanhoutteanum

| authority = (H.Wendl. ex Van Houtte) Balf.f.

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

• Oncosperma vanhoutteanum H.Wendl. ex Van Houtte
• Areca nobilis auct.

}}

Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum is a species of palm tree, and the only species in the genus Nephrosperma.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/acceptedRef.do?name_id=135134 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{cite book |editor=Klaus Kubitzki |year=1998 |title=Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae) |volume=4 |series=The families and genera of vascular plants |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-64061-5 |page=376 |chapter=Palmae |author=J. Dransfield |author2=N. W. Uhl |name-list-style=amp |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bNQDsSmx2roC&pg=PA376}} It is found only in Seychelles, where it is threatened by habitat loss.{{cite iucn |author=Ismail, S. |author2=Huber, M.J. |author3=Mougal, J. |date=2011 |title=Nephrosperma van-houtteanum |volume=2011 |page=e.T38614A10138718 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T38614A10138718.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}{{cite book |author=Guy Lionnet |year=1986 |title=The Romance of a Palm: Coco de Mer |publisher=L'île aux images Editions |location=Bell Village, Mauritius}}{{cite book |author=Rafael Govaerts |author2=John Dransfield |name-list-style=amp |year=2005 |title=World Checklist of Palms |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |isbn=9781842460849}}