Phoenix loureiroi

Phoenix loureiroi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Phoenix
Species:
P. loureiroi
Binomial name
Phoenix loureiroi
Synonyms[1]
  • Phoenix hanceana Naudin
  • Phoenix humilis Royle ex Becc. nom. illeg.
  • Phoenix ouseleyana Griff.
  • Phoenix pedunculata Griff.
  • Phoenix pusilla Lour. nom. illeg.
  • Phoenix pygmaea Raeusch. nom. inval.
  • Phoenix robusta (Becc.) Hook.f.
Phoenix loureiroi – Trunk
Closeup of trunk

Phoenix loureiroi (commonly known as the mountain date palm, vuyavuy palm, or voyavoy palm,[2]) is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, indigenous to southern Asia, from the Philippines, Taiwan, India, southern Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and China.[3] It occurs in deciduous and evergreen forests and in clear terrain from sea level to 1,500 m altitude.[4]

Phoenix loureiroi is named after João de Loureiro; it was originally written by Kunth as "loureirii", but this is an error to be corrected to loureiroi under the provisions of the ICBN.[3]

  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. ^ Mandle, L.; Ticktin, T.; Nath, S.; Setty, S.; Varghese, A. (2013). "A framework for considering ecological interactions for common non-timber forest product species: a case study of mountain date palm (Phoenix loureiroi Kunth) leaf harvest in South India". Ecological Processes. 2 (21). doi:10.1186/2192-1709-2-21.
  3. ^ a b "Phoenix loureiroi". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-558-6 / ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6 (pages 402-403)