Chrysalidocarpus lutescens

Not to be confused with Areca, a genus of palms.

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
In Taichung, Taiwan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Chrysalidocarpus
Species:
C. lutescens
Binomial name
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Wendland
Synonyms[2]
  • Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & J.Dransf. (1995) - homotypic
  • Areca flavescens Voss
  • Chrysalidocarpus baronii var. littoralis Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Chrysalidocarpus glaucescens Waby

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, also known by its synonym Dypsis lutescens[2] and as golden cane palm, areca palm,[3] yellow palm,[3] butterfly palm,[3] or bamboo palm,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to Madagascar and naturalized in the Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Réunion, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Canary Islands, southern Florida, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands and the Leeward Antilles.[2][3] Its native names are rehazo and lafahazo (from Malagasy hazo 'tree' with reha 'pride' and lafa 'fibre' respectively).[5][6]

  1. ^ Rakotoarinivo, M. & Dransfield, J. (2012). "Dypsis lutescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T195960A2436709. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Plants of the World Online: Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H.Wendl. (retrieved 23 July 2024)
  3. ^ a b c d "Dypsis lutescens". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
  4. ^ "Dypsis lutescens (Areca Palm, Bamboo Palm, Butterfly Palm, Cane Palm, Golden Butterfly Palm, Golden Feather Palm, Yellow Palm) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox".
  5. ^ Boiteau, Pierre (1999). "Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H.Wendl.". Dictionnaire des noms malgaches de végétaux (in French). Vol. I. Editions Alzieu. p. 196.
    [– lafahazo]: de lafa et hazo : arbre, donc : « arbre à crin végétal »...
    [– rehazo]: de reha : fierté, orgueil ; et hazo : arbre ; arbre orgueilleux, de port altier...
  6. ^ Dransfield, John; Beentje, Henk; Britt, Adam; Ranarivelo, Tianjanahary; Razafitsalama, Jérémie (2006). Field guide to the palms of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. pp. 84-5. ISBN 9781842461570