e/Pinanga andamanensis

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has gloss	eng: Pinanga andamanensis Becc. is one of the critically endangered endemic palms reported from the Andaman Islands. This species occurring on the slopes of the Mount Harriet National Park. This insular species was first described by Odoardo Beccari in 1934 based on an old herbarium collection procured by E. H. Man during the latter part of the 19th century. After the type collection by E. H. Man this species had not been reported and thought to be extinct from these group of Islands until 1992. While working on the flora of Mount Harriet Hill ranges, Pinanga andamanensis was rediscovered by Mathew & Malick of the Botanical Survey of India after a gap over 100 years. Live collections are introduced at Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Trivandrum, South India.
lexicalization	eng: Pinanga andamanensis
instance of	c/Endangered plants