Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Arecales Bromhead
Family
Palmae Juss.
Genus
Phoenix L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phoenix canariensis H.Wildpret in Chabaud, Prov. Agric. Hort. Ill. 19: 293–295 (1882), nom. cons.
Synonymy:
  • = Phoenix canariensis Chabaud (1882) nom. inval.
 Description

Trunk stocky, thick, up to 6 m tall and 45–60 cm diam., covered by large, closely packed leaf-scars. Leaves dark green, long, arched outwards from the terminal crown, segments very numerous, narrow, strongly keeled, sharply pointed. Berry 2.5–5 cm long, cylindrical- elliptic, orange-yellow.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3. as Phoenix canariensis Chabaud]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Sep.–Oct.; Fruiting: Dec.

 Bibliography
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/ [as Phoenix canariensis Chabaud]
Chabaud, J.B. 1882: La Phoenix canariensis. La Provence Agricole et Horticole Illustrée; organe de l’agriculture et de l’horticulture méridionales. Toulon 19: 293–297.
Edwards, R. 2008: Lincoln University campus – a guide to some of the trees currently growing there. Lincoln University, Lincoln.
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Phoenix canariensis Chabaud]
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand [as Phoenix canariensis Chabaud]