Ravenea moorei

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Ravenea moorei.jpg

|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Johnson, D. |date=1998 |title=Ravenea moorei |volume=1998 |page=e.T38674A10142745 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38674A10142745.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

|genus = Ravenea

|species = moorei

|authority = J.Dransf. & N.W.Uhl

}}

Ravenea moorei is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to the Comoros. This species is critically endangered, with only two mature specimens last noted in 1993. In 2023, a small population was found by researchers from Kew Gardens.{{cite web |url=https://www.kew.org/plants/ravenea-moorei |title= Ravenea moorei |website=Kew.org |access-date= 16 October 2024 }}

Etymology

Ravenea moorei was named by John Dransfield and Natalie Uhl in honor of noted palm botanist Harold E. Moore.{{cite journal|last1=Dransfield|first1=John|last2=Uhl|first2=Natalie W.|year=1986 |title=Ravenea in the Comores|journal=Principes|volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=156–160}}

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