Taxon:
Chamaerops humilis L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1187. 1753
Verified:
03/16/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Chamaerops+humilis&quantity=1
- Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms. URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:136,174.
- Pederson, H. B. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Reitz, R., ed. 1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense. Note: cultivated
- St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Common names
English
dwarf fan palm – European fan palm – Mediterranean fan-fern – French
palmier nain – German
europäische Zwergpalme – Zwergpalme – Portuguese
palmeira-anã – palmeira-vassoureira – Spanish
palmera enana – palmito – Swedish
dvärgpalm –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France, Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) |
Materials | fiber | | Pederson, H. B. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names |