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With reference to Pinanga Andamanensis consider following statements It is a rare palm endemic ...........

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    With reference to Pinanga Andamanensis, consider following statements

    1. It is a rare palm endemic to South Andaman Island.
    2. Its entire population occurs only in a tiny, evergreen forest pocket in Mount Harriet National Park.
    3. As per its IUCN status it is critically endangered species.

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    Explanation:
    • Pinanga andamanensis is an IUCN critically endangered species and one of the least known among the endemic palms of the Andaman Islands.
    • The name is derived from ‘Penang’, the modern-day Malaysian state. 
    • Its entire population of some 600 specimens naturally occurs only in a tiny, evergreen forest pocket in South Andaman’s Mount Harriet National Park.
    • Endemic species are those plants and animals that exist only in one geographical region.

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