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Accession Data:

Ravenea rivularis Jum. & H.Perrier

  • Common Name: Majesty Palm
  • Family: Arecaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: SW Madagascar

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900382
  • Source: D. Parker & M. Opel
  • Provenance:
    ex hort., Costa Farms, Fl
    
  • Accession Date: 10-04-2019
  • Bench: 1118 - AFR:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Species Vulnerable or Habitat Critically Threatened
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Arecales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • SubFamily: Ceroxyloideae
  • Tribe: Ceroxyleae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 09 October, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 09 October, 2019.
  3. Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, 09 October, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:42:38 -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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