Taxon:
Howea forsteriana (C. Moore & F. Muell.) Becc.
Summary
Place of publication:
Malesia 1:66. 1877
Verified:
03/18/2010
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
- Bailey, L. H. 1939. Howea in cultivation - the sentry palms. Gentes Herbarum 4:188-198.
- Chase, A. R. & T. K. Broschat, eds. 1992. Diseases and disorders of ornamental palms Note: APS Press
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms. URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: lists as "forsterana"
- Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:146.
- 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
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Common names
English
Forster sentry palm – kentia palm – paradise palm – sentry palm – thatch-leaf palm – German
Kentiapalme – Portuguese (Brazil)
palmeira-quência – Swedish
förmakspalm –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Lord Howe Island | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Lord Howe Island]
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 | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: lists as "forsterana" |