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Washingtonia robusta, known by common name as the Mexican fan palm, Mexican washingtonia, or skyduster is a palm tree native to the Baja California peninsula and a small part of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. Despite its limited native distribution, W. robusta one of the most widely cultivated subtropical palms in the world. [3]
Chamaerops humilis is a shrub-like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. It has an underground rhizome which produces shoots with palmate, sclerophyllous leaves. The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, eventually reaching 2–5 m (10–20 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of 20–25 cm (8–10 in).
African palmyra palm, Rônier (and other names) Borassus aethiopum: tropical Africa and Madagascar Ake Assi's palmyra palm, Rônier (and other names) Borassus akeassii: West and Central Africa Asian palmyra palm/lontar palm/doub palm: Borassus flabellifer: southern Asia from India to Indonesia: Papua New Guinea palmyra palm: Borassus heineanus ...
Dypsis: dypsis palm trees; Dypsis decaryi: triangle palm Arecaceae (palm family) Dypsis lutescens: cane palm; yellow palm Arecaceae (palm family) Howea: howea palm trees; Howea forsteriana: kentia palm Arecaceae (palm family) Hyophorbe: hyophorbe palm trees; Hyophorbe verschaffeltii: spindle palm Arecaceae (palm family) Jubaea: jubaea palm ...
Beaucarnea recurvata, the elephant's foot [4] or ponytail palm, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. The species was native to numerous states of eastern Mexico but is now confined to the state of Veracruz. [1] [6] Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the true palms .
The typical form of Borassus aethiopum is a solitary palm to 25 metres (82 feet) in height and 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter at the base. In the river bottoms (floodplains) of many East African rivers (the Rufiji in Tanzania and the Tana in Kenya among others) a closely related form can be up to 7 ft (2.1 m) thick at breast height (4 ft or 1.2 m above ground) and having the same thickness in its ...
Fruit of Acrocomia aculeata Composition of fruit by layers. Acrocomia aculeata grows up to 15–20 m (50–70 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 50 cm (20 in) in diameter, characterized by numerous slender, black, viciously sharp 10 cm (4 in) long spines jutting out from the trunk.
Those having a tree-like form are colloquially called palm trees. [4] Currently, 181 genera with around 2,600 species are known, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] most of which are restricted to tropical and subtropical climates.