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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]
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, also known by its synonym Dypsis lutescens [2] and as golden cane palm, areca palm, [3] yellow palm, [3] butterfly palm, [3] or bamboo palm, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to Madagascar and naturalized in the Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Réunion, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Canary Islands, southern Florida, Haiti ...
Phoenix is a genus of 14 species of palms, native to an area starting from the Canary Islands in the west, across northern and central Africa, to the extreme southeast of Europe (), and continuing throughout southern Asia, from Anatolia east to southern China and Malaysia. [3]
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]
Lethal yellowing (LY) is a phytoplasma disease that attacks many species of palms, including some commercially important species, such as the coconut and date palm.In the Caribbean, it is spread by the planthopper Haplaxius crudus (former name Myndus crudus) which is native to Florida, parts of the Caribbean, parts of Australia and Central America. [1]
Do you know what chigger bites look like? The tiny mites may leave behind small, itchy red bumps around your ankles that can be easily confused for other types of insect bites. "They tend to be in ...
Hardy palms are any of the species of palm that are able to withstand brief periods of colder temperatures and even occasional snowfall.A few palms are native to higher elevations of South Asia where true winter conditions occur, while a few others are native to the warmer parts of the temperate zone in southern Europe, and others are native throughout temperate and subtropical locales in the ...
Palmetto weevil grubs infesting a Bismarck palm. The palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) is an insect native to Florida, but has been found as far as southern Texas to the west and South Carolina to the north. [1] [2] It is the largest weevil in North America and the only kind of palm weevil in the continental United States. [1]