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Phoenix canariensis, the Canary Island date palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands off the coast of Northwestern Africa. It is a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. It is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands, together with the canary Serinus canaria. [2]
Arbutus x thuretiana Demoly is a hybrid between A. canariensis and A. andrachne. [3] Named after Gustave Thuret, it is naturalised at Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret. [4] A. x thuretiana is renowned for its perfectly smooth, reddish-brown bark, exfoliating in the spring to show a new, surprisingly pistachio-green bark, which gradually darkens and turns reddish again.
The Canary Islands are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the northwest coast of Africa.The Canary Islands are home to dozens of endemic species and subspecies of vascular plants, including the endemic genera Allagopappus, Bethencourtia, Dicheranthus, Gesnouinia, Gonospermum, Ixanthus, Parolinia, Pleiomeris, Rivasgodaya, Rutheopsis, Todaroa, and Vieraea. [1]
The Canary Island date palm differs from the date palm in having a stouter trunk, more leaves to the crown, more closely spaced leaflets, and deep green rather than grey-green leaves. The fruit of P. canariensis is edible, but rarely eaten by humans because of their small size and thin flesh.
Canary Island Date Palm in southern Switzerland in central Europe. Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) – This species is hardy to about −10 °C (14 °F), and is grown as far north as the south of England (50° N), producing viable seed (in Southsea, Hampshire, England).
Canary Island pine Pinaceae ... Phoenix: date palms; Phoenix canariensis: Canary Island palm Arecaceae ... yellow-fever tree
The islands' variations in elevation and rainfall support diverse plant communities. [2] Lowlands are principally scrub and open woodland, which extend from sea level to 600–1000 meters elevation. The Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) is prominent.
Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, [4] is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and possibly introduced into the Azores. [5] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 as Asparagus draco. [3] [6] In 1767 he assigned it to the new genus, Dracaena ...