Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Arecales Bromhead
Family
Palmae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Trachycarpus H.Wendl. in Gay, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 8: 429 (1861)
Vernacular Name(s):
fan palm
 Description

Arborescent; monoecious or polygamous; trunk straight and erect. Leaves orbicular, palmate; leaflets narrow, plicate, connate almost to middle, bilobed, induplicately inserted on axis (V-shaped in T.S.); petioles spinulose or roughened in lower part. Inflorescence a large stout much-branched pedunculate panicle borne amongst leaves; spathes numerous, sheathing. coriaceous, tomentose. Flowers numerous, small. yellow, functionally unisexual, rarely bisexual. Carpels 3, free, stigmas recurved. Drupes 1–3, globose or oblong.

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

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Trachycarpus H.Wendl.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Edwards, R. 2008: Lincoln University campus – a guide to some of the trees currently growing there. Lincoln University, Lincoln.
Gay, M.J. 1861: Le Chamaerops excelsa Thunb., sa patrie, le climat qui lui convient, son introduction dans l'Europe occidentale, les chances qu'il a d'y être naturalisé, son fibrillitrium, les usages économiques auxquels i' peut servier, etc. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 8: 410–430.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.