| Jubaeopsis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Cocoseae |
| Subtribe: | Attaleinae |
| Genus: | Jubaeopsis Becc. |
| Species: | J. afra |
| Binomial name | |
| Jubaeopsis afra Becc. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Jubaeopsis afra, the Pondoland palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family (Arecaceae). It belongs to the monotypic genus Jubaeopsis.
It is endemic to South Africa, where it is threatened due to habitat loss. This tree is a living fossil, being the last remaining lineage of the palm trees that were widespread in southern Africa in prehistoric times. A large living specimen is currently found at the Catamaran Resort in San Diego, CA.
Taxonomy
The etymology of the original species name caffra is related to kaffir, an ethnic slur used towards black people in Africa. At the July 2024 International Botanical Congress, a vote was held with the result that "caffra" related names will be emended to afra related ones, with the implementation of this being done at the end of July 2024.
References
- ^ Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. (1998). "Jubaeopsis caffra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30400A9543726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30400A9543726.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Callaway, Ewen (2024). "Hundreds of racist plant names will change after historic vote by botanists". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02365-x. PMID 39026072. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- J. Dransfield; N. W. Uhl (1998). "Palmae". In Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). Flowering plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 4. Springer. p. 379. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.
- A. E. Marvaldi; R. G. Oberprieler; C. H. C. Lyal; T. Bradbury; R. S. Anderson (2006). "Phylogeny of the Oxycoryninae sensu lato (Coleoptera: Belidae) and evolution of host-plant associations". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (4): 447–476. doi:10.1071/IS05059.
- visual reference
- McKie, Robin (20 July 2024). "Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants' scientific names". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Jubaeopsis | |
| Jubaeopsis afra | |
| Jubaeopsis caffra | |
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