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Accession Data:

Chamaerops humilis L.

  • Common Name: Mediterranean Fan Palm
  • Family: Arecaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Europe - Mediterranean.
  • Habitat: Nutritionally poor, dry sandy or rocky soils on mountain slopes

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200465
  • Source: Wachtel
  • Accession Date: 09-04-1992
  • Bench: 2102 - MED:Mediterranean B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-31-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Arecales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • SubFamily: Coryphoideae
  • Tribe: Trachycarpeae
  • SubTribe: Rhapidinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2025
2024
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2021
2020
2019
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Baleares / France / Portugal / Sardegna / Spain / Italy / Sicilia / Algeria / Libya / Morocco / Tunisia /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 24 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 24 February 2015.
  3. Plants For A Future Website

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:09:07 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Arecaceae

  • Arenga hookeriana
  • Linospadix palmerianus

Subfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Areceae

  • Arecinae: Pinanga coronata
  • Cyrtostachydinae: Cyrtostachys renda
  • Ptychospermatinae: Ptychosperma macarthurii

Subfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Euterpeae

  • Euterpe edulis

Subfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Roystoneae

  • Roystonea regia

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae
Tribe Ceroxyleae

  • Ravenea rivularis

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae
Tribe Hyophorbeae

  • Chamaedorea metallica

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Corypheae

  • Sabalinae: Sabal minor W/C
  • Sabalinae: Sabal palmetto

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Phoeniceae

  • Phoenix dactylifera

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Trachycarpeae

  • Rhapidinae: Chamaerops humilis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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