Palms

Reinhardtia gracilis

Habitat and Distribution Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, and Panamá.   Description Understory, unusual divided leaves (4 sections) that resemble Christmas...

Ptychosperma microcarpum

Habitat and Distribution Papua New Guinea; Central Province. From sea level to mountainous forests up to 600 metres high. Description A very easy and fast growing palm for tropical and subtropical gardens. 

The clustered, compact trunks grow to about 4...

Phoenix dactylifera 15L

Habitat and Distribution Probably native to northern Africa and southwestern Asia; exact natural distribution unknown due to extensive cultivation for at least 8,000 years. Algeria, Benin, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Egypt, Fiji, Gulf States,...

Chrysalidocarpus malcomberi

Habitat and Distribution Said to occur in West Madagascar, but no voucher specimens from the wild are known. (1995). Description A medium sized, solitary palm with distinct rusty brownish-orange colored crownshaft that sports a...

Calyptrocalyx elegans 'Schultzianus'

An amazing palm from the rainforests of New Guinea that quickly develops into a neat cluster of slender stems to about 8 m (27 ft.) tall that hold crowns of large entire or slightly pinnate leaves. It does well in a protected spot in...

Chrysalidocarpus carlsmithii

Habitat and Distribution Endemic to Madagascar. Description In Palms of Madagascar (Dransfield & Beentje 1995) this species keys out to the two couplets that include Dypsis saintelucei , D. tsaravoasira and D. nauseosa . It differs from the first...

Dypsis faneva

Habitat and Distribution Endemic to Madagascar. Maroantsetra, Mananara and near Fenoarivo. Littoral forest or moist lowland rain forest, on steep or level slope; alt. 1-300 m. Description Clustering palm in tufts of 3-12 stems. STEMS 3-6 m high, 3-5 cm...

Eugeissona tristis

Habitat and Distribution South Peninsular Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia. Lowland and hill forest up to elevations of about 700 metres. Description Fiercely spiny acaulescent palm forming dense thickets of up to 12 individual stems in the forest...

Livistonia australis 15L

Habitat and Distribution Australia. Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. In the northern part of its range in Queensland confined to high elevation on Paluma Ra., Seaview Ra., Mt Elliot, Mt Abbott, and Eungella Ra. with a major disjunction to Fraser...

Livistona Chinensis 15 L

Habitat and Distribution Bermuda, China Southeast, Florida, Hawaii, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Marianas, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, Ogasawara-shoto, Réunion, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Japan, China and Taiwan. In Japan, on the Ryukyu Islands...

Livistona Decora 15l

Habitat and Distribution Australia, endemic. Queensland. From Magnetic Is. near Townsville, south to Tewantin and Rainbow Beach. Most common in coastal and near-coastal lowlands in large dense colonies or in scattered groups, in open forest, littoral...

Phoenix Canariensis 15 l

Habitat and Distribution Phoenix canariensis is endemic to the Canary Islands and occurs, scattered in populations of varying sizes, on all seven islands. The largest populations of wild palms are found on La Gomera. From sea-level up to 600 m in a range...