Roystonea regia

Roystonia regia, Marabú, Cuba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arecales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Arecoideae
Tribus: Roystoneae
Genus: Roystonea
Species: Roystonea regia

Name

Roystonia regia (Kunth) O.F.Cook, 1900

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Oreodoxa regia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 305 (1816), nom. cons.
• Homotypic
  • Oenocarpus regius (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 140 (1825).
• Heterotypic
  • Palma elata W.Bartram, Travels Carolina: iv, 115 (1791), nom. rej.
  • Roystonea floridana O.F.Cook, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 554 (1901).
  • Euterpe jenmanii C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 203 (1906).
  • Euterpe ventricosa C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 203 (1906).
  • Roystonea jenmanii (C.H.Wright) Burret, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63: 76 (1929).
  • Roystonea elata (W.Bartram) F.Harper, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 59: 29 (1946).
  • Roystonea ventricosa (C.H.Wright) L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 8: 113 (1949).
  • Roystonea regia var. hondurensis P.H.Allen, Ceiba 3: 17 (1952).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Bahamas; Belize; Cayman Is.; Cuba; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Florida; Haiti; Honduras; Leeward Is.; Panam; Puerto Rico; Trinidad-Tobago Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Cook, O.F., 1900. Science, ser. 2, 12: 479
• Staples, George W. & Herbst, Derral R. 2005: A tropical garden flora: plants cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 908 pp.
• Fosberg, F.R. 1997: Preliminary checklist of the flowering plants and ferns of the Society Islands. Ed. by David R. Stoddart. U. Cal. Berkeley.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Roystonea regia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Roystonea regia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 10 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Roystonea regia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 10.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Roystonea regia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Roystonea regia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

مصرى: نخل ملكى
العربية: نخل ملكي
català: Palmera reial
Deutsch: Königspalme
English: Cuban Royal Palm
Esperanto: Reĝa palmo
español: Palma real
euskara: Palmondo errege
فارسی: نخل شاهی
suomi: Kuubankuningaspalmu
Nordfriisk: Könangpualem
Kreyòl ayisyen: Palmye wayal
magyar: Királypálma
Bahasa Indonesia: Palem raja
italiano: Palma reale
lietuvių: Karališkoji roistonija
മലയാളം: റോയിസറ്റോണിയ റെജിയ
Nederlands: Koningspalm
polski: Rojstona królewska
русский: Ройстоунея кубинская
shqip: Palma mbretërore
ไทย: ปาล์มขวด
Tiếng Việt: Cau vua
粵語: 大王椰子
中文: 王棕

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