Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Arecales Bromhead
Family
Palmae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phoenix L., Sp. Pl. 1188-1189 (1753)
Synonymy:
  • = Elate L., Sp. Pl. 1189 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Date palm; Phoenix palm
 Description

Tall trees or low shrubs; dioecious. Leaves pinnate, with numerous lanceolate or ensiform segments, induplicately inserted on axis (V-shaped in T.S.); lower segments often modified into spines. Inflorescence a branched panicle borne among the leaves, usually several together, erect or becoming pendulous in fruit; spathe solitary, coriaceous. Flowers small, yellowish, coriaceous. Berry 1-seeded, mesocarp fleshy, endocarp thin.

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

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Phoenix L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Wilcox, M.; Bradshaw, C.; Cameron, E. 2004: Woody plants of the Auckland Domain. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 59(1): 44–56.