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Sweet drinks are made of this: conservation genetics of an endemic palm species from the Dominican Republic.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Namoff Sandra, Veloz Alberto, Jiménez Francisco, Rodríguez-Peña Rosa A, Peguero Brígido, Lewis Carl, Moynihan Jeremy, Abdo Melissa, Maunder Mike, Von Wettberg Eric, Meerow Alan W, Griffith M Patrick, Francisco-Ortega Javier
Abstract excerpt
Pseudophoenix ekmanii is a threatened palm species endemic to the Dominican Republic. Sap from trees is extracted to make a local drink; once they are tapped the individual usually dies. Plants are also illegally harvested for the nursery trade and destroyed by poachers hunting the endemic and th...
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